Brett Thurston
Brett Thurston

Brett Thurston

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Brett Thurston

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Prevent re-renders with useRef

May 25, 20225 min read

There may be times when you don't want to trigger renders when capturing data from the user. useState, by now, is a well known and handy hook since it was implemented in React 16.8. When setting our state variable with useState, it causes a render of...

Prevent re-renders with useRef

✨ Conditional rendering in React with finesse

May 12, 20223 min read

Learn how to make your own component to handle conditional rendering in React.

✨ Conditional rendering in React with finesse

A snippy JS function to trim those long strings

Feb 5, 20216 min read

In this article you'll find a method to use whenever you have a long string that may funk up your UI components. I was working on a list item component for a project and found a problem we run into a lot. What I have is a list of cards that bring in...

A snippy JS function to trim those long strings

How to filter() your school lunch because nobody wants meatloaf

Feb 2, 20217 min read

The filter array method creates a new array with all the items that pass the test given by the function you gave it. By the end of reading this article, you'll get a deeper understanding of how to filter arrays of numbers, strings and an array of obj...

How to filter() your school lunch because nobody wants meatloaf

Go Build This Stuff: A community list of ideas

Feb 1, 20214 min read

Hey, if you're reading this, you're invited to help others break free from creative blocks. How? Just push a branch up to this repo. Easy. :D https://github.com/BrettThurs10/GoBuildThisStuff This list is great inspiration for developers needing to up...

Go Build This Stuff: A community list of ideas

Grab your map(); adventure is out there!

Jan 28, 202110 min read

Let's explore the majestic map array method and all it's glory. Keywords used in this article: array: a list-like object that one can traverse or modify (mutate) integer: a real number, not a string (text) index: the numerical position of an item i...

Grab your map(); adventure is out there!