Sun Apr 30 2023
How to increase the resilience of test expectations by tapping into the test data
A quick way to increase the resilience of test expectations when the test data keeps changing
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I’m Kisho 👋🏽. I'm a JavaScript developer and this blog is where I learn in public 👨🏽💻. If you want to know more about me, click here 🚀. If you’re here for the blogposts, scroll to your topic of choice 👇🏽
# testing
Sun Jan 22 2023
[SOLVED] React Testing Library snapshots failing due to dynamically generated IDs
A solution to prevent RTL snapshots from failing every time your tests run due to dynamically generated IDs
Fri Jan 20 2023
Partial matching objects, nested objects, arrays and nested objects in arrays using Jest
A guide into how to use jest matchers to do partial matching for data inside objects and arrays (even when nested)
# typescript
Sun Apr 30 2023
The difference between any and unknown in Typescript
A quick expalantion of why and where we would use unknown instead of any
Fri Apr 14 2023
Element implicitly has an 'any' type because expression of type x can't be used to index type
How to resolve the "Element implicitly has an 'any' type because expression of type x can't be used to index type" warning
Sat Jan 28 2023
How to convert TypeScript Enum to a Union Type
An explanation of 2 easy ways to convert a TypeScript Enum to a Union Type
# front-end
Fri Apr 14 2023
[SOLVED] React-Redux Uncaught Error: A state mutation was detected between dispatches
How to solve the "Uncaught Error: A state mutation was detected between dispatches" thrown by redux
Sat Jan 21 2023
Passing fresh props to a throttled event handler through Redux
A solution to a recent issue I had where I was unable to pass updated props to a throttle onScroll event handler
Sat Jul 30 2022
How to fix "To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json" when installing next-sitemap
Solve this error encountered when running the next-sitemap in postbuild
# career
Mon Apr 10 2023
How to find the time to write blog posts as a developer
Writing is rewarding but finding the time for it isn't as easy. Here are my tips on how to find the time
Sun Dec 12 2021
How to land clients on UpWork (template for approaching clients included)
UpWork is a great source for landing good quality project to beef up your portfolio, if you do it right. Learn how I did it.
Sun Nov 21 2021
How to get experience to get experience as a self-taught developer
Some thoughts on how to break the cycle where you need experience to get experience as a self-taught developer
# CI/CD
Mon Apr 10 2023
How to get Pull requests (PRs) reviewed faster
A few tips that I learnt and now use everyday to have my PRs approved faster
# javascript
Thu Jun 02 2022
How to remove falsy elements/values from a JavaScript Array
Here are some of the best ways to remove falsy values from a JavaScript array
Sun May 29 2022
Best way to group an array of objects by a key
A quick walkthrough on how to use the array reduce method to group objects in an array by any property value
Sat May 28 2022
How to remove falsy property values from a JavaScript object
A quick snippet of code showcasing a function I created to remove falsy values from a JavaScript object
# tools
Sat Jul 31 2021
How to expose your development server to the Internet with ngrok
A quick guide on how to expose your development server to the internet
Thu Jan 07 2021
8 etiquette tips for using Slack
Here are my thoughts on how you can use Slack to get work done with irritating your colleagues and teaching them a few things too
Thu Jan 07 2021
Integrating Continuous Deployment to Gatsby
Learn how to intergrate Continuous Deployment to Gatsby projects using GitHub and Netlify to make pushing new features easier and faster