The Hidden Cost of Code Dependencies
Relying on third-party code can be a dangerous balancing act. Let’s explore the pros and cons of dependencies in a modern frontend ecosystem.
Written by Nate Jacobs
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Getting Started with React Custom Hooks
New to the concept of React custom Hooks? Nate explains the power of custom Hooks and how you can use them to compartmentalize and share code.
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Houdini Tutorial: CSS Painting and Custom Properties (Video)
Watch Nate’s video tutorial on how Houdini gives developers the power to extend CSS, including how to use two recently available APIs: “CSS Paint” and “Properties and Values.”
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Git Secrets
Nate shares a tool that helps us minimize the private information that can slip through the cracks and into a public repo.
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Leveling Up Your Codebase With Babel
Modern Javascript is fun to write but there are also benefits to it. Nate shares what, exactly, babel can do and how it helps us write clean, future-ready code.
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The Making of Lamp Post
Tech meetups and events are plentiful in the Dayton area—and so are the sites that promote them. For their culminating project, our 2016 apprentices created a simple site to share all of the tech gatherings in Dayton, a kind of one-stop shop. It’s free, topical, collaborative and easily replicated. Meet Lamp Post.
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Vocabulary: A Guide to Navigating Technical Words for Mentees and Mentors
For budding programmers, technical jargon can get in the way of learning. Nate shares how learners can overcome vocabulary hurdles and how teachers can make their intentions clear.
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Web Education: Let Us Count the Many Ways
Sparkbox apprentices share their diverse web education backgrounds and reflect on the fallacy of a clear path to programming.
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