Intro to Theme UI
July 14, 2020* * This post assumes a basic knowledge of CSS and React. At its core, Theme UI lets you create a "theme", an object that contains all of…
Read more »Custom Plugins with Gatsby
June 15, 2020* * This tutorial assumes a basic knowledge of Gatsby. Motivation Recently, I ran into a situation in a project where I needed to wrap the…
Read more »Adding Live Comments to Your Gatsby Site
May 28, 2020This tutorial assumes a basic knowledge of Gatsby and GraphQL and already have an existing Gatsby site that you want to add your comment…
Read more »GraphQL wrapper for REST API
April 04, 2020With some time off given to us by Lambda School in wake of COVID-19, I spent last week learning GraphQL. This week, I made a GraphQL wrapper…
Read more »How to make a custom create-react-app template
February 18, 2020With my next Build Week at Lambda School fast approaching, I've been reflecting back on my previous two Build Week experiences. I read…
Read more »Week 22 -- Redux
February 10, 2020I've got to admit, I was VERY confused about redux after our first class about it on Monday. I think part of it was because our guided…
Read more »Pure CSS Hamburger Menu
January 29, 2020No JavaScript, no preprocessors, no icons or images. Just a sneaky little checkbox. This walkthrough is beginner friendly :) As part of one…
Read more »Deploy create-react-app with Netlify
January 19, 2020* * This post assumes you are already familiar with deploying sites on Netlify. Normally, deploying with Netlify from a Github repo is no…
Read more »Week 12 -- Side Effects, Styled Components, & Sprint
November 24, 2019Side Effects in React This week we learned about side effects in React. Essentially, side effects are anything that affects something that…
Read more »Week 11 -- Intro to React
November 18, 2019We finally started learning about React! I’ve been so excited about officially learning React because I already jumped the gun a bit by…
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