Tag: #testing

Say hello to source maps in prod

November 8, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Headless Component: A Pattern for Composing React UIs — Posting on the Martin Fowler blog, an engineer at Atlassian takes us on a (very) practical journey into the concept of headless components and the pattern of having reusable logic and behavior separate from the presentation…

Deploying container application using Amazon CodeCatalyst and AWS App Runner

September 25, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Introduction Amazon CodeCatalyst provides a collaboration space where developers easily build applications and streamline the deployment process. It integrates with container application services such as AWS App Runner, making containerized application deployments efficient and straightforward. Using CodeCatalyst’s native CI/CD workflow actions, development teams swiftly roll…

Simple tests for dark scenarios

July 11, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

Testing the Dark Scenarios of Your Node App — An interesting look at some examples of easily overlooked but nonetheless important tests to have in your app or package. What happens when a service times out, code is mutating things it shouldn’t, or you have…

Bundle-time macros with Bun

June 1, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

JavaScript Macros in Bun — Not content with giving the JavaScript world a brand new bundler, Bun’s Jarred has taken it a bit further: ‘macros’ that run at bundle time with the result being directly inlined into your code. They use stage 3 annotated import…

Create a CI/CD pipeline for .NET Lambda functions with AWS CDK Pipelines

April 21, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

The AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is an open-source software development framework to define cloud infrastructure in familiar programming languages and provision it through AWS CloudFormation. In this blog post, we will explore the process of creating a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline for…

5+ Tips For Building Custom Headless CMS

March 30, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Are you looking to build a custom headless CMS (Content Management System) but don’t know where to start? Wondering what are the advantages of a headless CMS? What are the best tools and technologies to use? What are the steps to creating a custom headless…

React libraries of choice for 2023

February 22, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

React Libraries for 2023 — The React ecosystem is so large that the problem is one of being spoilt for choice than not finding what you need. This list presents some sound standard options when selecting libraries for a new project and is the latest…

Automatic integration tests for Express apps

February 16, 2023 By Mark Otto 0

How To Scale Node Apps with Clustering — Node’s cluster module can be used to run and manage multiple Node instances as a way to distribute workloads. Stanley gives a thorough and practical walkthrough of how to do it and why and when it yields a benefit.…