I share anything that may help others, technologies I'm using and cool things I've made.
13th April 2021-productivity, showdev, javascript, react
Do you wonder what your current weekly posting streak is? I made a tool that will tell you! All you need to do is enter your Dev.to username.
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6th April 2021-showdev, javascript, react, beginners
Do you ever watch your view count rise and wonder which posts are being read the most? I know I did....
30th March 2021-javascript, typescript, beginners
Ever wondered if you can share interfaces, types and functions between TypeScript projects? I'm curr...
24th March 2021-nextjs, react, javascript, beginners
My personal website is built on Next.js and uses both the getStaticProps and getStaticPaths functions...
23rd March 2021-beginners, webdev, tutorial, todayilearned
Usually, when adding icons to a website, I'll use React-icons. There are times, however, when I prefe...
16th March 2021-devjournal, yearinreview, writing, gratitude
🎉 Last week I hit 50,000 total views! 🎉 🔥 And also 1000 total reactions! 🔥 🚀 And was awarded the Ne...
10th March 2021-showdev, javascript, react, nextjs
For a shorter introduction (about half the length) check out "I completely rewrote my personal websi...
2nd March 2021-nextjs, react, javascript, webdev
When building an application powered by Next.js it's probable that you'll need to fetch data from eit...
23rd February 2021-webdev, beginners, api
Being a developer is great - you can build almost anything you want! Sometimes, however, it's difficu...
10th February 2021-react, css, tailwindcss
One of my favourite reasons to use Tailwind CSS is the vast amount of premade components available - for free. I've made a list of the best places to find them.
3rd February 2021-showdev, javascript, react, nextjs
I spent a weekend rebuilding my website from scratch using TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS and Dev.to as a CMS for my blog and portfolio pages.
26th January 2021-webdev, javascript, nextjs, react
When you start to use Next.js, it’s easy to overlook some incredible built-in features such as exporting as a static app and Incremental Static Regeneration
14th January 2021-javascript, tutorial, nextjs, typescript
I'm currently working on a TypeScript project that is using Socket.io to communicate between a Next.j...
13th January 2021-writing, devjournal, gratitude, yearinreview
🎉 Last week I hit 20,000 total views! 🎉 When I posted my first article on dev.to last July (2020) I...
10th January 2021-nextjs, javascript, tutorial, react
My personal website, wallis.dev, used to be hosted in a Docker container on a Digital Ocean droplet t...
30th December 2020-tutorial, react, javascript, nextjs
This article not only demonstrates how to add Google Analytics to a Next.js app but also explains what you're actually doing.
23rd December 2020-adventofcode, tdd, go, devjournal
2020 hasn't been great for anyone, but it has gifted me the ability to work from home and reduced my...
3rd November 2020-javascript, testing, webdev, node
Testing your OpenAPI Specification using Chai OpenAPI response validator or Jest OpenAPI. Additional...
13th August 2020-react, javascript, nextjs, webdev
tl;dr: When hosting a Next.js project on GitHub Pages (without a custom domain name) your internal li...
7th August 2020-github, webdev, devops
This blog is part of a series where I document rebuilding a website that relies on HTML, CSS and Boot...
7th August 2020-github, react, javascript, nextjs
2nd August 2020-javascript, react, tutorial, nextjs
29th July 2020-react, tutorial, javascript
28th July 2020-tutorial, react, javascript, nextjs
27th July 2020-javascript, react, nextjs, tutorial
26th July 2020-javascript, webdev, nextjs, showdev
In this introductory article I discuss why I modernised the Wallis Consultancy website by rebuilding it from the ground up using Next.js and Tailwind CSS.