Learning, building, and teaching.
This is part of a series of posts on my recent venture of using Google Docs to publish our first book on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Paginating Web Based Documents One of the biggest hurdles I ran into with book printing from a web browser…
My wife has been writing children's church curriclum for a number of years which we have been selling as downloadable products on our curriculum store. Recently we tried something different and published her first book on Amazon Kindle Direct…
I love to build apps using TypeScript and React. I've tried React Router on a few occasions, but I've usually had trouble figuring out how to tie my route matching paths to component props in a strong typed way that I felt good about. I think I…
I've been working on migrating an older app of mine to a new tech stack. My original app was written in AngularJS with an ASP.NET MVC + MS Sql Server backend. The new version is written in ReactJS backed by an AWS AppSync API built using AWS Amplify…
I've been using React hooks for a bit and have found several cases where I've needed useState to update when the initial value changes. The typical pattern I've used is something like this: I initially disliked that the value gets set 2x on the first…
I recently decided to build a progressive web app (PWA) and was interested in supporting offline capabilities. I've also wanted to get some more experience using AWS, so I started researching my options. After a little googling, I decided to start…
I recently rebuilt my blog using GatsbyJS. I'm always looking for ways to learn things, build things, and share what I learn along the way, so this seemed like a good opportunity do accomplish all three. GatsbyJS If you're not familiar with GatsbyJS…
Today I am launching the beginnings of the new Emeraldwalk site built using GatsbyJS. Among other topics, I hope to blog more details about the process of building this blog as I go. Stay tuned, and welcome to Emeraldwalk!
