Delicious Reverie is a blog mostly about web development and JavaScript engineering. It's here I share talks I've given and articles I've had published. But it's my personal blog too, so you might find a few other things such as recipes, my musical interests and poetry reviews.
I don't get everything right, and I like to try to help my peers. Drop me a message if you'd like to say hi, if you're looking for some help, or if I got something wrong.
There are so many choices when it comes to frameworks, and that's teriffic! But it could be bad news for people who struggle to make decisions. They might feel paralyzed just by the amount of choice that's on offer. So I made this with the aim of helping.
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› Read more of "What should I use to build my new project?"Next, Nuxt, Gatsby, SvelteKit ... there's been an explosion of frontend application frameworks lately. It's never been a more delightful experience to spin up a new project. What's the point of difference with this one? Why does it 'matter' so much?
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› Read more of "Why Astro matters"Sometimes I get frustrated with React, there can still sometimes be obscure errors that are a result of it's component lifecycle methods. But at least it means I can tell you about how to avoid them ...
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› Read more of "React: data fetching results in type error: object is not a function"Should I use CSS or JavaScript to perform this task? If you're asking yourself this question, I have an answer for you: use the lowest technology available to you which can complete the task.
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› Read more of "Lowest tech first"I've recently been introduced to the use of monorepos to manage projects and have a few thoughts on the idea.
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› Read more of "monorepos."SvelteKit is great for one reason: performance. And it's this above everything else (except accessibility) that I'm excited about.
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› Read more of "First steps with Sveltekit"I came across a tool recently that I'm really excited about ... it's something that I think can solve one of the most pressing concerns in JavaScript development: rehydration.
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› Read more of "Towards better hydration"Templating with JSX in React is easy ... until it's not. Recently a colleague recommended I use the logical and operator instead of a ternary. However once we'd dug into it a little, we found these operators do very different things ...
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› Read more of "Should I use ternary or the logical and operator?"Destructuring is a common pattern when it comes to using styled components in complex situations. But it can be hazardous to clearly identify nesting. Here are a few suggestions.
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› Read more of "Working with styled components: multiple nested properties"It's no secret that NextJS is knocked the socks off Gatsby last year in terms of developer adoption. I think the frameworks will keep learning from each other (read: steal features), and it's a good thing for both frameworks. Here's my take on what could be announced at Gatsby's forthcoming conference.
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› Read more of "Predictions for GatsbyConf 2021"“Wisest are they who know they do not know.”
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