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Starter kit and reusable scripts
Continue reading →: Starter kit and reusable scriptsThe JavaScript ecosystem has reached a very interesting point in its history. There are members of the community overwhelmed by the learning curve required to start a new project and based on that they express JavaScript fatigue. There are also contradicting opinions announcing renaissance of JavaScript because it became truly general purpose language and dominated front-end development.…
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Migrating to Jest test runner
Continue reading →: Migrating to Jest test runnerI have already shared my comparison of two JavaScript testing solutions where I admitted that I favor Jest over Mocha. Back then, I listed all major differences between those tools summarized with advantages and disadvantages of migrating to Jest: Pros: Simpler API, less boilerplate code. Flexible and easy configuration. Test files executed in isolation. Advanced watch…
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React Native EU 2017 – my selective recap
Continue reading →: React Native EU 2017 – my selective recapI had an opportunity to attended React Native EU 2017 conference last month. This 2 days long event took place in my hometown Wrocław, Poland. It was a very interesting experience for me because I’m a frontend developer. I don’t have any working experience with React Native and the only mobile project I worked on…
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Central Japan with Shinkansen
Continue reading →: Central Japan with ShinkansenVisiting Japan is definitely a unique experience. With my wife, we went there directly from the trip to Sri Lanka in July 2016. We have been travelling between numerous cities for 10 days. First we rode between Tokyo and Kobe by the famous bullet train Shinkansen. Then we spent one night in an historical Ryokan with hot…
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Different types of software testing
Continue reading →: Different types of software testingSoftware testing helps protect code from incoming bugs and improves general quality of the functionalities exposed to the users. When you look at it from the developer’s standpoint the first thing that comes to mind is unit testing. However it turns out tests come in many flavors. I have already shared in the recap from Advanced…
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Picking Jest over Mocha – testing tools comparison
Continue reading →: Picking Jest over Mocha – testing tools comparisonAt Automattic we use Mocha to run all tests written for Calypso project which powers WordPress.com. It also includes end-to-end tests, which live in their own repository. We have been using this setup for over 3 years now. I think it is a good moment to revisit this choice. I found this unit testing tools comparison very…
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Time to get interactive as a performance measure
Continue reading →: Time to get interactive as a performance measureI have already published one post about Progressive Web Apps (PWA) a few months back. It looks like Google is investing a lot of efforts to make it a new standard of building websites. At the last Google I/O, there were a few announcements made related to making PWA a default feature in a few popular…
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React as a cross-platform UI
Continue reading →: React as a cross-platform UII got very excited when watching this talk for React Europe by Leland Richardson:
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Dominican Republic
Continue reading →: Dominican Republic
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Gdynia, Poland
Continue reading →: Gdynia, Poland