Required version of React: 16.8+ What are React Hooks and why you should care about them – Part 1 Outline Context Hook Custom Hooks Important Rules with Hooks Sample application In the first part of the blog, we discussed the main concepts of React Hooks and the reasons for using them. We compared the traditional ways of creating components and
Required version of React: 16.8+ What are React Hooks and why you should care about them – Part 2 Outline Intro What is wrong with React Components now? Hooks overview useState useEffect TLDR Intro There is a new kid on the block . React introduced a new feature called Hooks which will improve the code quality even more and make creating
Part 4 : Code Review, Deploy, & Configure an effective CI/CD Pipeline on AWS This is a continuation of our multi-part series on building a simple web application on AWS using AWS Lambda and the ServerlessFramework. You can review the first, second, and third parts of this series starting with the setup of your localenvironment at: How To SetUp Your local Serverless Environment How To Configure Your
How To Configure Infrastructure As Code, Mock Services, & Unit Testing This is a continuation of our multi-part series on building a simple web application on AWS using AWS Lambda and the ServerlessFramework. You can review the first and second parts of this series starting with the setup of your localenvironment at: How To SetUp Your local Serverless Environment How To Configure Your Serverless Backend API You
How To Configure your Serverless Backend on AWS This is a continuation of our multi-part series on building a simple web application on AWS using AWS Lambda and the ServerlessFramework. You can review the first part of this series starting with the setup of your local environment at: How To SetUp Your local Serverless Environment You can also clone a sample of the application we will be
We did not hurt, injur, or maim any animals or ponies throughout the making of this tutorial. We completed all our heroic action sequences in CGI. Furthermore, we are not liable for what you build after learning how to be a Ninja. Never go Full Ulbricht. How To SetUp Your local Serverless Environment You can clone a sample of the application we
For a little fun, we decided to tinker with cardiac monitoring and simple prototyping of wave morphology via common components. After we finishing, we wanted to post our little project to share with the world… so if you’ve got a chipKIT lying around and some free time, see if you can build your own pulse meter! In order to build this
These days, we can make virtually anything out of a few grams of PLA. However, it’s still fairly difficult to print full musical instruments (or even instrument parts) that produce high-quality sound comparable to the kind created by instruments manufactured in a more traditional manner. But that’s exactly what makers Kaitlyn and Matt Hova have done. The hovalin is a completely 3D
THE EGGBOT CHALLENGE Following the tradition of cracking eggs in celebration of Easter in Greece with the game of tsougrisma (τσουγκρισμα in Greek) we decided to build an EggBot that could robotically draw intricate designs that we fielded from our client partners and staff. So what’s an EggBot? It’s a machine capable of drawing on spherical or ellipsoidal surfaces. You
AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX For a fun project to spruce up our office and interact with our local STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) school programs, we decided to build our own Augmented Reality Sandbox. Originally developed by researchers at UC Davis, the open source AR Sandbox lets people sculpt mountains, canyons and rivers, then fill them with water or
