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7 reasons to write good Pull Request descriptions
Taras Mankovski — April 15, 2020
A good Pull Request description can lead to better reviews, improved solutions, better documentation, and more. In this article, Taras surveys seven big wins of PR descriptions.
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The Triple Threat to Testing — Part 1: Speed
Charles Lowell, Jeffrey Cherewaty, Jorge Lainfiesta, Robbie Pitts, Taras Mankovski — April 06, 2020
Speed, reliability, and relevance constitute the mains pillars of a robust testing strategy. The faster a test suite can diagnose an issue in its application, the more value it renders. In this article, we navigate through the most significant causes of slow tests and suggest ideas to deal with them.
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Case study — Facilitating the next generation of Bluetooth-connected apps
Taras Mankovski — December 11, 2019
More and more teams are using Bluetooth for innovative products, but developing UIs for connected devices can be challenging: limited physical devices slow down development and make it nearly impossible to keep up a strong test suite. Our solution is simulation and Open Source power.
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Build a Family Tree maker using React Hooks and Microstates
Taras Mankovski — November 06, 2018
If you use React, you probably know about the React Hooks RFC that was introduced at ReactConf. It’s an exciting proposal because it promises to bring the power of class components to function components. It also a convention for creating React extensions that feel like first-class APIs in the React ecosystem. React Hooks API and Microstates bring expressiveness of React function components to a whole new level.
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Four reasons to use append() instead of Object.assign() and Object spread
Charles Lowell — September 18, 2018
Object.assign is just a special case of a universal concept in functional programming. By opting to use a universal function to back this universal concept, you can inherit all kinds of awesome for free.
Read articleKubernetes for the Kubernewbie - The Journey
Elrick Ryan — August 09, 2018
Learning Kubernetes, especially with no background in Ops, is challenging but full of reward. This will take you along the journey of our k8s enlightenment and deployment
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JSConf 2018 Recap
Robert DeLuca — August 05, 2018
JSConfUS is back after a three-year hiatus and Robert had the chance to attend. He covers his favorite talks he saw while there!
Read articleWCAG 2.1: What does it actually mean?
Robert DeLuca — July 14, 2018
WCAG 2.1 has officially been put in place as a standard but what does that mean? What was added? How does this impact my site or app? In this post we break down everything new in WCAG 2.1 and put in simple terms so you can walk away armed with the knowledge of making your site more accessibile.
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