Dog Training My partner and I recently got a Vizsla puppy named Krypto. Vizslas are very energetic bird dogs and this post is really just a place for me to outline the resources and tools
Simple Apollo Local State Example This is a very simple example of using Apollo Client's new local state functionality. In this example I query a publicly accessible Pokemon GraphQL API along side a local state query that resolves
Use React Apollo with Hooks - React Apollo vs React Apollo Hooks Why I wanted to use hooks to query a GraphQL API using React Apollo and although it isn't officially supported yet I found a repository that wraps React Apollo in hooks trojanowski/react-apollo-hooks.
Simple GraphQL & React Example This GraphQL React example is the bare minimum it takes to get an application up and running. It consists of just two files (with dependencies) both under 100 lines each. These two files
Simple Guide to the All-Weather Portfolio TL;DR: Pick a retirement account type: Roth IRA. Chose an account provider: Vanguard. Choose which assets to invest: ETFs. Create a portfolio: All-Weather Portfolio Setup automatic contributions/investments if you can. Account
Building a Skype Bot with Heroku and NodeJS Why? I started a podcast with my brothers and we wanted to be able to play sounds while we are recording over Skype. I decided to create a Skype bot that I can
A Simple GraphQL Example with Relationships If you're trying to build a simple GraphQL example using Node.js to teach yourself the technology and you've been frustrated with other tutorials then you've come to the right place. This tutorial
A Developers Guide to Starting a Podcast Today I'm going to talk about how to get started podcasting. Keep in mind this is a beginners level guide to podcasting. We're going to cover three main topics: Creation with your social
Docker Swarm, Traefik, & Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates with ACME Docker Swarm does not offer any easy way to implement SSL certificates for your services. Enter Traefik: Træfik (pronounced like traffic) is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer made to deploy
React Native Apollo Example Setup Option 1: Do it yourself create-react-native-app react-native-apollo-example cd react-native-apollo-example yarn add apollo-client-preset react-apollo graphql # and replace below code for App.js Option 2: Clone my repo git clone git@github.com:tylerbuchea/
Super Simple Redux Thunk Example This Redux Thunk example is the bare minimum it takes to get a React application up and running with asynchronous redux actions. It is under 100 lines and consists of just two files
NGINX Let's Encrypt Certbot Manual Installation If you're trying to update an outdated SSL certificate or even if you're installing one for the first time and you don't trust Certbot to modify your NGINX config for you then this
Super Simple React Redux Example This React Redux example is the bare minimum it takes to get an application up and running. It is under 100 lines and consists of just two files (with dependencies). These two files
React Native 0.40 Upgrading iOS Native Modules Help! My Module is Broken You may have received an error message like the one below when trying to use an older React Native iOS module in the latest React Native >= 0.
How to Create a React Native iOS Native Module The official React Native docs on writing a native module are very useful, so make sure you give them a read: http://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/native-modules-ios.html Why? I wanted to
Firebase with ES6 on React Want to build something fast? I found that you can use Firebase, React, and ES6 to build prototypes, MVPS, and proof of concepts very very fast. First create a new Firebase project Visit
React Native Publishing an Android App Add/Create Keystore This command will create a keystore with the given name if the file doesn't exist or append a key to a current keystore. keytool -genkey -v -keystore mykeystore.keystore -alias
Developer Success Tracker Success Tracker is an online, formative assessment and remediation management system. At the agency I work for we were petitioned to fill out a success tracker by our new content and social media
Creating a Rails API Installation We'll be using rbenv which is a powerful Ruby version Manager. # Install rbenv brew install rbenv ruby-build # Bootstrap rbenv echo 'export PATH=$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH' > ~/.bash_profile echo 'eval "
Making Your Site AMP Compliant Testing Tool: amp-validator The AMP Validator is a command line tool. You can feed it a URL or a local file path and it will spit out all the things you need to
Super Simple Explanation of Wordpress Child Themes A child theme is a theme that inherits from a parent theme You should ALWAYS ALWAYS use a child theme instead of editing a pre-existing theme. There are only a few steps to
Advanced Git Search for commit by message git log --all --grep='Build 0051' Rebase equivalents to merge # sync master (remote) -> master (local) git checkout master git rebase origin/master # sync master (local) -&
Git Visualization with Gource Super Way Cool Visualization of Your Git Commit History 😎 Installation Here is the source for Gource and FFmpeg brew install gource brew install ffmpeg Getting Started # CD into your git repo of choice
React Native and CodePush Example Installation Simply CD into your project's root folder and run these commands. # Install Code Push CLI globally npm install -g code-push-cli # Create a Code Push Account code-push register # Register your app with CodePush
Renaming a React Native Project Package.json Change the name of your project in your package.json under the "name" field. Then run: react-native upgrade Update AppRegistry Make sure you change the references in your index
