Articles (33)
Looking Up React Components Props Types
Using the React.ComponentProps to lookup types for Component Props in React. ...
Organize Your Firebase Functions For Easier Deployments and Maintenance
Firebase provides the concept of Firebase Functions Codebases, where Firebase functions can be organized into a collection in a way that makes sense t ...
Supercharge your Firebase App Development using NX
In this post, I introduce NX Generator for Firebase Functions and how to use it within your app. ...
I created a VS Code Extension - NPM Imported Packages Lens
I created a VS Code extension that provides links to view packages imported in javascript and typescript files on npm or GitHub repository ...
Island Architecture
Imagine this; what if you could create your web app with pure HTML and CSS for all the static content but then add in regions of dynamic content or in ...
Performance: Choosing The Right Tools...
Learn why you should not stick to a single framework for developing websites and web apps but instead be able to count on more than one. ...
Live Reloading in Golang using Air
Learn how you can use Air to live-reload your Golang application for a great developer experience. ...
Busy Typescript Developer's Guide to the Typescript Type System - Angular Kenya
My talk About Busy Typescript Developer's Guide to the Typescript Type System for Angular Kenya. ...
JavaScript and Friends Online Meetup - Mar-17-2022 - Maina Wycliffe
My talk About Busy Typescript Developer's Guide to the Typescript Type System for Javascript and Friends Online Meetup. ...
Getting the Best out of TypeScript with Maina Wycliffe
Web Rush Episode 173: Getting the Best out of TypeScript with Maina Wycliffe ...
const assertions in Typescript
In this article, we look into const assertions introduced in version 4..3 of Typescript, the purpose, and how we can use them. ...
The Tuple Type in Typescript
A tuple type is an array with a predefined length and predefined types in each index position in the array. ...
Writing Tests for MongoDB using Dockertest in Go
Dockertest enables us to use Docker to create containers to run our tests against. With dockertest, we can use it to create a Docker container for our ...
Type Assertions in TypeScript - why not?
In this article, we explore why you should avoid using Type assertions in Typescript and techniques you can avoid using them. ...
Template String Types as Discriminants in Typescript 4.5
In this article, we are going to explore Typescripts 4.5 feature - Template String Types as Discriminants using rudimentary examples. ...
Better Types using Discriminated Unions in TypeScript
In this article, we are going to look at how we can use discriminative unions to write better and more specific types and help typescript to be more h ...
All Things TypeScript ft. Wycliffe Maina - AiA 326
In this Podcast, I join the adventure in angular as a Guest to discuss the ins and outs of Typescript and several tips and tricks for using TypeScript ...
Custom Type Guards in Typescript
In this article, we are going to look at how we can create our own custom type guards. Custom type guards will help you to check if a variable is of a ...
Typescript: why you should use unknown instead of any
The unknown type, when assigned to a variable, means that a variable type is not known. And typescript doesn't allow you to use a variable of unknown ...
Type Narrowing in TypeScript
In this article, we are going to learn various ways you can narrow types. Type narrowing is the process of moving a type from a less process type to a ...
A monorepo of serverless microservices
In this episode, Gerhard talks to his Skyhook Adventure friends: Alan Cooney, Saul Cullen & Wycliffe Maina. ...
My Impressions of Docker Development Containers
With docker development containers, you can configure a container with all required tools and SDKs necessary for a projects development environment, w ...
Template Literal Types in TypeScript
In this article, we will take a closer look at template literal types and how you can take advantage of them in your day to day activities as a develo ...
Building an RSS Scully Plugin - Angular
For an RSS plugin, we will build a routeDiscoveryDone plugin, which is usually called when all routes have been discovered. This is going to use data ...
Types and Mocking - Typescript
Learn how to create functions which are easy to create mocks for using TypeScript utility types. ...
Transforming Types in TypeScript with Utility Types
In this article, we are going to have a look at these built-in utility types and a third-party library (with examples) that offers more utilities you ...
Speeding Up Angular Scully Builds in GitHub Actions
In this article, we are going to learn how you can speed your Scully builds by re-using Angular build artifacts in GitHub Actions. In order to statica ...
GitHub Actions Trigger Via Webhooks
In this article, we are going to look at how we can use webhooks to trigger a GitHub actions workflow. ...
Angular CDK - Platform Module
The platform module provides you with information about the current platform where the Angular app is running on and features supported on it. ...
My Blog is Overengineered
On the surface, it looks like any other blog, but do not let that fool you, this hides away a lot of complexities for a blog. In this article, I would ...
The State of RxJS. RxJS 7 and Beyond
We are going to discuss the state of RxJS, because the next major version – RxJS 7 – is around the corner. We are going to take a closer look at new f ...
How to build a reusable Modal Overlay/Dialog Using Angular CDK
In this lesson, we are going to learn how to create reusable modal overlays using Angular CDK Overlay. ...
Implement Infinite Scrolling in a ListView - Flutter
In this lesson, we are learning how to implement infinite scrolling using ListView and ScrollController in flutter. ...