Having been a self-taught developer has been quite the journey. I can tell you from experience that choosing this path is not for everyone, as it requires a lot of sacrifices, having to study & learn more than others who have gotten a formal education, it is much more stressful…

Short Answer: No. Long Answer: Well, there are several factors that come into play when saying that Class-based components aren’t needed anymore, the most important of which is constituted by the addition of Hooks. Introduction of Hooks Until version 16.8 of React, there wasn’t really any way of handling state or making use…

The Container-Presenter design pattern has been initially coined by Dan Abramov and has been highly adopted due to the rather clean implementation of the Separation of Concerns principle, as well as the elegant way it deals with complex stateful logic and the consistency it maintains throughout an application. Container-Presenter Pattern Philosophy The philosophy…

You’ve surely seen countless examples of cross-promotions before, however, you might’ve not been aware of it, and for that matter let’s see what exactly is cross-promotion and why it is an excellent marketing strategy to grow your brand. What is Cross-Promotion? If we take the definition from Wikipedia, Cross-promotion is a form of…

You have surely seen cross-promotions before, despite probably not having heard about this term before, as it’s a rather common marketing strategy for brands used for a variety of reasons in order to achieve various things. In this article, we’ll briefly understand what cross-promotion stands for, as well as what…

Ever heard of tunnel vision? Tunnel vision is defined as one’s tendency to focus on a single goal or point of view. The more important the goal or the more threatening a stimulus is perceived to be, the more likely a person is to focus attention on it Key word…

However motivated you might be, however driven you might be, however disciplined you might be, there will be a point, or multiple ones at that, in your life, when you need to take a break. For some, it might be hard to accept that they could find themselves at such…

Around a year ago I published this article: 5 Things that helped me remain motivated as a Web Developer in regards to a handful of things that helped me become and remain motivated being a Software Engineer/Web Developer. Do those 5 things still hold true? Well, I would say that…

The most important resource we have at our disposal is time. We can exchange it for happiness, sadness, fulfillment, despair, emptiness, sorrow, and excitement. The problem, however, is that money can also be exchanged from time; money might seem like it could replicate those emotions as well. Unfortunately, money can’t…