A guide to using and implementing the Firebase Javascript SDK in your web applications. — As I delve deeper into creating my own web applications and projects, Firebase has come up many times as one of the best backend services to use. It provides developers with a variety of tools and services to help them develop quality apps, grow their user base, and earn profit…

Node.js has become very popular over the last 5 year. It is so well liked that many major businesses now use it. — What is Node.js Before we get into the the companies that use Node.js and why, let’s talk about what it is.

As a follow up to my blog from last week on how to make your own npm package, I wanted to share some of the most popular npm packages with you and go over what they do. — Before I start going into individual packages let’s go through the overall numbers of npm packages: Right now their are over 1.6 million npm packages available for download. Right now npm has over 25 billion, yes billion, weekly downloads of their packages.

A step-by-step guide on how to use npm to host your library so you can share it with the world. — The more I delve deeper into creating and developing my own applications, the more I have found myself utilizing npm packages. There are over a million packages and counting to date. Some packages have millions of weekly downloads, others have thousands. Some are complex and others are quite simple. As…

I will show you how to create snow, stars, and underwater effects using react-particles-js so that you can wow visitors on your React apps. — While working on my last React project, I began to experiment with Particles.js. I realized that I could create really cool effects and began researching. …

Your project will look more professional and beautiful with these open source libraries — React has become one of the most popular frontend frameworks for developers and the community has grown at a rapid rate over the last few years. React packages are being developed and shared to make building applications simpler, which has helped accelerate development. This article will give you a peek…

Fetch is a function in JavaScript used for interacting with a database and APIs (Application Programming Interface). These interactions include retrieving, uploading, editing and deleting data. — You can think of Fetch like the literal game of playing fetch with your dog: You throw the stick and see where it lands (Fetch the URL). Your dog runs after the stick and has it in their mouth to eventually bring it back (a promise to do what you…

As a visual person learning Rails I wanted to make my landing pages more dynamic. This is the first thing visitors will see and it’s a great way to capture their attention. I spent a lot of time trying to use a short video that looped as the background for…

Almost fifteen years ago, my good friend gave me a freshly printed script and asked me to make a movie with him. Three weeks later we started shooting and I was hooked! I had found my passion for filmmaking and I became obsessed with making movies. I began to hone…