Hi! I'm Mae Capozzi. You can find me on Twitter and on Github.
useBreakpoints: a hook
February 15, 2019I built my first hook a few months ago, and figured I should get it up on the blog. It’s a replacement for a Higher Order Component that…
Why you should avoid the --parallel flag in lerna build scripts
February 15, 2019When you’re configuring a monorepo with lerna, you might consider writing your build scripts like this: It makes sense, initially! You’re…
How to use React.Lazy
October 29, 2018React 16.6.0 introduced , which allows you to code-split using the new Suspense API. Siddharth Kshetrapal came out with a great video…
Passing Data in React with Prop Drilling
August 14, 2018The React ecosystem offers multiple ways to pass data and manage state in a client-side application. A developer might choose between prop…
Should You Build a Reusable Component Library?
June 12, 2018Modular frontends are all the rage these days, especially with the rise of React.js. Large companies have begun open-sourcing their…
Keep Your Codebase Neat and Tidy with prettier-standard, lint-staged, and husky
February 10, 2018Developers tend to have opinions on style. If you’ve been in the industry for more than 15 minutes, you’ve at least heard about the…
Shining a Spotlight on Error Boundaries in React 16
December 20, 2017React 16 has better error handling than previous React versions. If an error occurred inside of a component, it would “ corrupt React’s…
From Callbacks to Async Await
December 09, 2017I built the same program 4 different ways. I started with callbacks, moved on to Promises, used generators, and finished up with async/await…
How to Make HTTP Requests in React, Part 1
December 09, 2017You can find part 2 here , and part 3 here . This series will walk you through how to make HTTP requests to the Github REST API in…
How to Make HTTP Requests in React, Part 2
December 09, 2017If you haven’t completed part 1 of this tutorial, do so before starting part 2. Now that we’ve set up our project using create-react-app…
How to Make HTTP Requests in React, Part 3
December 09, 2017If you haven’t completed part 1 and part 2 of this tutorial, please do so before starting part 3. Now we’re getting to the good part! So…
Simplified JavaScript: Hoisting
October 24, 2017Hoisting remains one of the quirkier aspects of JavaScript. When a developer declares a variable in JavaScript, that variable *behaves *as…
Simplified JavaScript: Getting Started with Closures
October 22, 2017Eric Elliot, in his Medium article Master the JavaScript Interview: What is a Closure? , explains that when he interviews candidates for…
Non-Electronic Sundays, Or How My Mom Predicted the Future
September 12, 2017When I was a kid, my mom instituted a very unpopular policy amongst my siblings and I––the non-electronic Sunday. After watching my…
How To Set Up D3.js with webpack and babel
February 21, 2017Before you begin, make sure you have node and npm installed. Use a node version higher than 6. Also, note that all terminal commands are for…