Jason Arnold·Oct 14, 2018An easy way to test using “premium” API dataThis article is about using “premium” API data in Audacity’s FEND (Front-End Nanodegree) Program which I recently completed (this was when…A response icon3A response icon3
Jason Arnold·Nov 14, 2017A pithy perusal of POST, PUT, and PATCHOne of the concepts that is difficult for me to keep straight is the differences between the HTTP methods of POST, PUT, and PATCH. They…A response icon6A response icon6
Jason Arnold·Sep 18, 2017Basic intro to React Router v4I recently started working on a React project that called for one component being hidden until a button was clicked on another component…A response icon6A response icon6
Jason Arnold·Sep 6, 2017A moment with Moment.jsOne of the trickier things to deal with in JavaScript is formatting of dates. If you are wanting a human-readable calculation of a…A response icon1A response icon1
Jason Arnold·Jun 30, 2017A simple intro to Javascript imports and exportsCode (and most anything) is easier to manage when it is in small, bite-size chunks. This is the thinking behind keeping functions to only…A response icon29A response icon29
IncodeburstbyJason Arnold·Jun 20, 2017A quick intro to React’s props.childrenWhen I was first learning React, one of the concepts that I just couldn’t wrap my head around was this.props.children (or props.children if…A response icon22A response icon22
IncodeburstbyJason Arnold·Jun 15, 2017Binding functions in ReactOne of the reasons to use React for development, and I think one of the reasons for its popularity is that it relies heavily on all of the…A response icon25A response icon25
Jason Arnold·Jun 9, 2017My ‘Well, DUH!!!’ moment with React arraysUpdate 6/27/17: After it was pointed out to me that React frowns on using index numbers for keys, I rewrote parts of this post.A response icon1A response icon1
Jason Arnold·Jun 1, 2017Hosting a static site with Amazon Web ServicesI recently had the joyous task of choosing a new web host. The contract with my old host was coming to an end, prices were going up, and…A response icon2A response icon2
Jason Arnold·May 25, 2017Using the spread operator in React setStateI’m currently building an app using React.js and ran into an issue that had me stumped. When a button in the app is clicked, I needed a…A response icon13A response icon13