By the end of the post, you'll have a 4 step checklist to help you determine whether now is the right time to get help, follow these signs and the senior devs on your team will be more than happy to help you every time you ask for help.…
Personally, I wish someone gave me a 'Software Development and You' handbook when I first started containing a roadmap of how I can improve as a programmer. Not just improvements in the next 1 or 2 years, but a decade into the future.…
Are your pull requests stuck in the code review stage, going through multiple iterations while your initial estimates date are long in the rearview window? In general, code review comments fall into a hierarchy of the following categories, from least to most severe:…
Here are the 4 tips that emerged during my research for better Front End documentation. They could be especially helpful for those who are not working closely with UX/UI designers.…
Have you ever worked with a developer that gets defensive whenever their merge requests get code reviewed? Reframe the code review process away from an 'instructor correcting student' dynamic and into a 'colleagues working together' mindset.…
Here's a simple method for requesting assistance from other developers that have worked for me in the past. Not only does it solve the problem at hand but also teaches you to become a better programmer. I call it the PADD method..…
you used an Effect Hook to fetch some API data... and now your component is stuck in an infinite loop that continuously fetches the data without end... why is it happening??…
...we now have a local WordPress installation, a newly created Gatsby app capable of pulling data from WordPress in a headless CMS setup. We also installed Tailwind CSS and used it to style our new blogging app.…