Learning never ends, especially for developers. That is why we have a lot of people who have sacrificed a lot to create great content for the developers’ ecosystem. In as much as most content can be gotten for free, we should be aware of vague content and/or resources that will make you think twice about your career. I have made a list of 10 developer channels that I highly recommend if you’d love to learn and keep yourself updated. ...
This is a hands-on code tutorial on how to fetch data using plain JavaScript and Displaying data on a simple HTML web page. When creating websites, there is a possibility that you’ll be getting data from an API. The data is in JSON, in most cases. How do I display the JSON is my HTML page using vanilla JS? Let’s do that in a few steps. JS has a built-in function called .fetch() that is used to ‘fetch’ data from external files or resources. ...
As Spotify says, “Listening is everything”. That’s it, after watching tutorials and reading articles, it’s a perfect chill zone to be on your headphones and listen to some developers talk on various topics. This is my playlist on my podcast library, it may help you keep up with all the daily updates on the dev zone… The StackOverflow Podcast It’s one of the most trusted podcasts trusted by developers worldwide. ...
Using Strapi https://strapi.io/ What is Strapi Strapi is a headless CMS A headless content management system, or headless CMS, is a back-end-only content management system that acts primarily as a content repository. A headless CMS makes content accessible via an API for display on any device, without a built-in front-end or presentation layer A list of headless cms - https://jamstack.org/headless-cms/ Creating a simple blog CMS with strapi Setup strapi project: Requirements Need to have nodejs(Version 10 and above) and npm. ...
All web developers are probably familiar with using the web console as their debugging tool. The most common way is using the famous console.log tool that JavaScript provides. The console has more than just the .log() method that could be helpful. Check out some of the methods you could use: 1. console.log() This is the most used method of all It outputs messages to the web console. The message may be of any data type. can also pass in variables and functions as parameters. ...
Do you have a Facebook Page and would love to promote it over your website or any site at all? A Like button is all you need. No technical procedures, just click and copy! Let’s make one in few simple steps: Go to Facebook developer’s site Facebook developer: You will find all tools and stuff you could utilize provided by Facebook open source and APIs. ...
What are props? In simple terms, they are data passed into components. When to use props? When building a react application, the UI is divided into smaller parts called Components. Some of these components are re-used in various pages or parts of the application, of course with different data/messages/content. For this to be effective, props are used. For example, a simple react website with two pages, all share a common <Head> element: ...
A year ago, I was struggling with using APIs to creating a simple website. After some tutorials online I made a simple website that displays the statistics for covid-19. It is not a fancy or unique site, but it did its purpose, TEACH. Which API did I use? I used coronavirus-monitor from Rapid API platform. The API returns an array of countries with average statistics on the number of total infections, deaths, number of people in critical conditions, and number of people recovered. (and many more) ...
An Updated article (2023) Developer Communities in Kenya Growing as a Developer (Software/Web Developers) requires much effort and persistence. I can’t stress enough how important Tech Communities contribute to one’s growth. I made a list of some of the most known Tech communities in Kenya that you can join and start growing your skills. The order of the list doesn’t favor any community. FaceBook Developers Circle: Developer Circles are communities of innovators, where aspiring and experienced developers receive free tools to build new skills, grow ideas and boost their careers. - https://developers.facebook.com/developercircles/ ...