Aliasing with Babel instead of Webpack
If you have been using aliases in Webpack, and want to switch over to Babel instead, you can use the Babel Module Resolver Plugin. Then just configure your aliases, such as: […]
JavaScript
SetState() is not the same function in Reflux and React!
I remember moving some functions from a local component into a store, and it quit working. When I figured out the problem, I ended up reverse engineering some of the […]
Error with this.storeKeys in a Reflux component
Came across an error for hasOwnProperty when adding this.storeKeys to a React component listening to a Reflux store. So I: Stripped the component down to just a few lines; still […]
React Router V4 – Routes not rendering, possible solution
I upgraded an application from React Router v2 to v3, then v4. The upgrade to v3 was relatively painless. The upgrade to v4 caused a few headaches, due to multiple […]
Regular Expressions: online utility to test them
This is a really neat site for testing regular expressions in a vacuum: http://regex101.com/ I’ve used it a few times now to test the expression before implementing in code.
Using ES6 / ES2015 spread operator – but also removing excess params
Building some custom enhancements to existing components, I wanted to use the ES6 style spread props to automatically pass any params through to the underlying base component. However, it was […]
LoDash – Comparing equality
Since JavaScript can set a variable equal to a reference of another variable, there are two types of comparisons. Same _.eq will do a same value zero comparison to determine if […]
Persistent storage after closing the browser
For persistent storage after closing the browser, you can use HTML5 “sessionStorage”. It only takes simple values, not complex objects (unless you do some JSON to string conversions). Saving something: […]