By Amitai B.
Mar 2, 2018
MobX is a simple state management solution that can be used very easily for ReactJS.
ReactJS contains a JavaScript library for building user interfaces, but it doesn’t have a built-in state management or two-way binding like Angular does (in version 16.3 it has changed with the introduction of a new Context API).
Continue reading “MobX with React Introduction”By Amitai B.
Feb 23, 2018
This is a tutorial that explains step by step how to write a serverless application.
In this tutorial, I will use Angular and Firebase. From a developer’s point of view, both are so painless that it actually really fun, especially if you compare it to other serverless solutions such as AWS Lambda.
Continue reading “Serverless Application with Firebase”By Amitai B.
Feb 8, 2018
In the end, as a developer, I just want my code to run. I do not want to mess with servers, VMs, dockers, containers, memory, CPUs, networks, load balancing, disk space… you get the point.
Serverless architecture to take care of all these pains for me.
No more servers! Let’s start a world-wide chant.
Continue reading “An Introduction to Serverless Architecture”By Guy Y.
Feb 4, 2018
Network caching is a great way to improve app performance.
It reduces:
Our goal is to minimize the number of requests the app makes.
Continue reading “Get a Performance Boost with Client-Side Caching”By Masha K.
Jan 9, 2018
This is the third and last part of the mini-tutorial. It touches on the subjects of tables and media queries, and lists some of the best practices for layout that we use at Spectory. If you haven’t read the first two parts, here are the links: part 1 and part 2.
Continue reading “Mini-tutorial on Responsive Layouts – part 3”By Amitai B.
Jan 5, 2018
Before introducing decorators, I would like to say few words about AOP (aspect-oriented programing).
What is AOP?
AOP according to Wikipedia AOP is a programming paradigm that aims to increase modularity by allowing the separation of cross-cutting concerns. It does so by adding additional behavior to existing code (an advice) without modifying the code itself.
Continue reading “A Deep Dive into TypeScript Decorators”By Masha K.
Jan 4, 2018
This is part two of the mini-tutorial. It covers the negative margins, z-index and flexbox. Read part one here.
Another positioning tool is margins with negative values: margin-top: -10px;. One could use a negative margin to:
div.modal {
position: absolute;
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
}
By Masha K.
Dec 29, 2017
This is part one of the mini-tutorial. It covers the box model and introduces the concept of positioning, together with three essential CSS properties: display, float and position. Read part two here.
Effectively using CSS and HTML to build responsive layouts seems to be a painful topic for everybody. Part of the problem is CSS itself. It’s not perfect, it has no error messages, it’s hard to debug and different browsers interpret it differently.
Continue reading “Mini-tutorial on Responsive Layouts – part 1”By. Guy Y.
Dec 14, 2017
There are a lot of great benefits from unit testing.
It’s important to keep in mind that as the code base changes over time, so does the test code.
Some tests are written as part of the TDD (test-driven development) methodology; some are added after to verify older code.
A good test suite is easy and fast to maintain, refactor and expand.
In this article, we’ll look at some common patterns that could add robustness to your test suites.
Continue reading “Enhancing Test Suite Robustness”By Masha K.
Nov 28, 2017
I realize that not a lot of actual first-time juniors will read this article. However, I’m convinced that anybody who works in a team and has to deal with people (either more experienced or less experienced) will find this text useful. So, here it goes!
Hey, have you just landed your first job in tech? First of all, congrats! Second of all, after the initial excitement passes, don’t panic. Everything’s gonna be fine. Yes, you don’t know these people with whom you share an open space; you’re not familiar with the project they’re expecting you to work on; you have no previous experience with the frameworks and languages used – that’s all fine. We all start somewhere.
Continue reading “How to be a Better Junior: an Overview”