Frontend

Hooks were introduced into the stable release in the 16.8 React update. One of them is useMemo, designed to help with performance and unnecessary calculations. When is it actually worth...

At The Software House, the story of converting from JavaScript to TypeScript started about two years ago with our first open-source project called Kakunin. Right away we focused on code...

Have you heard about static site generators? If you haven’t followed this topic for the past couple of years, the first thing that may be coming to your mind right...

Have you ever heard about Jest snapshot tests? They can be used to test the application’s components written in React. They can be truly helpful indeed but sometimes can also...

All developers want to write readable and maintainable code. It has always been my personal programming goal too. However, one time I did something different and totally opposite. It was...

A modern developer has free access to various tools, programming libraries and many ready-to-use, usually battle-proven open source solutions. They are fast and easy to use thanks to package managers,...

The frontend development differs from other programming environments. It’s more limited, more pre-prepared. But things are going to change. There is a revolution around the corner that will determine the...

I’d like to introduce you to Lottie. It’s an open-source library that tries to solve one (but significant) problem – how to add some life to your product, using motion...

When the code base grows, your app tends to slow down. To defend performance, developers arm themselves with various optimisation techniques. Unfortunately, a lot of them reach their limit pretty...

What is Git subtree? When should you use it? How to split, merge and remove external repositories using subtree? Who would win the “subtree vs submodules” battle? I’m glad you...