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Understanding Firebase Realtime Database using React

Firebase has two types of database: Realtime Database and Cloud Firestore. Both databases are NoSQL-like databases so the database is structured as key-value pairs. In this tutorial, we’ll focus on the Realtime database and explore how the security rules secure the integrity of the data in our database. We will build a note-taking called Easi […]

February 20, 2020 in React & Tutorials
Afolayan
Afolayan wrote

Recursion Explained In Python

If you have been programming with Python, chances are you’ve come across the term recursion. Chances are also that you might probably find this confusing at first, not to worry, this article should clear things up for you. Recursion is a very powerful programming concept that provides a simple, (neater in most cases), concise and […]

February 20, 2020 in Python & Tutorials

Laravel Livewire – An Introduction

Ever thought of the possibility of writing reactive components in your application that has the capability of managing state, re-rendering as required and doing all the other interesting stuff, without writing any line of Javascript??Say hello to Laravel Livewire. Livewire, as described on https://laravel-livewire.com/, is a full-stack framework for Laravel that makes building dynamic front-ends […]

February 18, 2020 in Laravel & Tutorials
Shubham
Shubham wrote

Learn How to use JSON in Golang

When you start a project which interacts with the outer world, it requires data exchange. To make a project successful this interaction must be simple and efficient. What is Data Exchange? Data exchange is the process of taking data structured under a source schema and transforming it into data structured under a target schema, so […]

February 16, 2020 in GoLang & Tutorials
Afolayan
Afolayan wrote

Authenticating Laravel APIs Using Passport

Knowledge of authentication and security procedures are important in the day to day process of building and managing applications today. In this tutorial, we will learn how to add authentication to a Laravel API using Passport. APIs are known to authenticate users using tokens as they do not maintain session between requests. With the Laravel […]

February 16, 2020 in Laravel & Tutorials

Getting Started with the Media Session API

The Media Session API enables web apps to provide a way to interact with media elements (audio, video) without actively being on the web page playing the media. All you need to achieve this is to provide some metadata, event handlers, plug them to a media element and have rich media experience. This allows users […]

February 15, 2020 in Javascript & Tutorials

Building a Word Counter in JavaScript

There are various reasons a web application may want to collect input from its users. However, there are times you want to limit how much input you get from your user. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to create a word counter in JavaScript and stop the user from entering any further information when they […]

February 13, 2020 in Javascript & Tutorials

Build a Note Taking Application using Kotlin

In this article, we’ll be exploring different use cases for the Android Architecture Components (AAC) in building a simple Word Application. This application will be able to take data input from the user using LiveData, save it a Local Database which we’ll be employing Room, and finally displaying this data in a recyclerview to the […]

February 7, 2020 in Android & Kotlin & Tutorials

Web App Optimization: Optimizing Images with Cloudinary

Images make up a large portion of the overall web traffic. On Instagram alone, over 95 million photos are shared daily. Delivery images in a fast and efficient way can improve the overall performance of a web application. This article covers some techniques that can be used with Cloudinary to make this seamless. What is […]

February 6, 2020 in Tutorials
Afolayan
Afolayan wrote

Building CRUD API using Restify Framework

A lot of countless options exist for building APIs with JavaScript frameworks these days, and each with their own advantages. This article will focus on explaining the steps to build an API with Create Read Update and Delete (CRUD) functions using the Restify Framework for Node.js. The project we’re going to be building would be […]

February 4, 2020 in Node & Tutorials
Afolayan
Afolayan wrote

Build a CRUD Application Using Laravel and React

One of the basic things for every developer is how to go about managing Create Read Update and Delete (CRUD) operations in an application. The app we’re going to be building is an Expense Management App with Laravel for the Backend API and React on the frontend. Read this article if you want to learn […]

February 3, 2020 in Laravel & React & Tutorials

Avoiding side effects in JavaScript code

As developers, we tend to spend more time debugging our code than writing new features. Most times, this is due to the negligence of the side effects in our codebase. In this article, we will understand what side effects are and how side effects can be avoided. In programming, a function is a unit of […]

February 3, 2020 in Javascript & Tutorials

Authenticating React App with Firebase

Sometimes you want to build a quick prototype without worrying about backend logic and infrastructure. This is where Firebase really shines and combined with React, you can get authentication set up really quickly. This article covers how to authenticate your web app with React and Firebase. You need to be familiar with:  Higher-Order Components React […]

February 1, 2020 in React & Tutorials