Variable values have certain types. In fact, you can cast a value of one type to the other. If you do it explicitly, it is type casting (also called explicit coercion). If it happens in the background when you are trying to perform an operation on types that do not match, it is called coercion (sometimes referred to […]
The array is a popular concept across many programming languages. At first glance, arrays work in the same way, but the JavaScript array differs from languages like C++. The article explains the basics of how JavaScript arrays work under the hood. It includes what are indexes and what is a maximum size of an array. Aside […]
IndexedDB is another API meant for client-side storage. It is good for storing a significant amount of data, including files. IndexedDB is more suitable than WebStorage suitable for keeping structured data, and definitely more adequate for that than cookies. In this article, we go through the main concepts of IndexedDB. Basic concepts of IndexedDB IndexedDB is […]
With the properties of objects, you can set more than just their values. In this article, you can learn what is the property descriptor and what you can achieve with it. Among other things, you can use getters and setters and the article also explains their concepts. Property descriptor A descriptor is a structure that holds information […]
WebSocket is a protocol that makes two-way communication in real-time between the user and the server possible. A common use cases are chats and online multiplayer games. Today we cover implementing it both on frontend and backend. Let’s go! Explaining WebSockets WebSocket is a different protocol than HTTP. Despite that, to establish a connection, the client sends […]
Today we test our React components further. It involves simulating component interactions and mocking the API calls. You will learn how to do both, so let’s go! Mocking A common thing is for our application to fetch some data from the API. A problem with it is that might fail for various reasons, such as […]
Hello! In the previous part of the tutorial, we’ve covered the very basics of testing React components with Enzyme. Today we will dig a bit deeper and learn how to test props, how (and why) use the mount function and what are the snapshot tests. Let’s go! Testing props In the previous article, we’ve tested […]
At the previous part of the tutorial, we’ve briefly covered the basics of unit testing. This time we will go further and start testing React with the Enzyme library. Thanks to the that, your application will be more reliable and it will be easier to avoid regression. Even though we will be using Jest here, Enzyme also works […]
Hello! Today we start another big series, which is about JavaScript testing. There are various different types of tests and we will start by explaining some of them. In the beginning, we will cover the basics of unit testing, which is testing individual parts of our application and checking if they are fit to use. To […]
In the first article of this Webpack 4 course series, we’ve covered imports and exports. This time we will dig deeper into dynamic imports because they deserve a separate article. We will explain what they are and how to use them. Let’s start! Webpack 4 course: what are dynamic imports? Back in the days, ECMAScript […]
In this part of our webpack 4 course, we will take the idea of optimization even further. We will learn what the tree shaking is and how to use it. You will find out what requirements you need to meet in order for the Webpack 4 tree shaking to work and how can it benefit […]