An in-depth guide on how to choose the perfect npm package — React is simply great. It’s popular and performant. But an important aspect of React is that it doesn’t come with all of the solutions packed in. That’s why we need to search for additional libraries which can be both good and bad. If you are a beginner, then you have…

Practical advice for improving code quality — React is very unopinionated about how things should be structured. This is exactly why it’s our responsibility to keep our projects clean and maintainable. Today, we will talk about some best practices to follow to improve your React application’s health. These rules are widely accepted. As such, having this knowledge…

Practical advice for designing REST APIs — Ever got frustrated with a horrible API where everything’s a guessing game? Well, I have. In this world of microservices, a consistent design for your backend API is imperative. Today, we’ll talk about some best practices to follow. We’ll keep it short and sweet — so buckle up! First, Some Terminology Any API…

If you’re writing enterprise-level code, you need to know this — Over the years I have had the privilege to work on some large-scale react projects. Today I am gathering some essential things to keep in mind when building a new project or enhancing the functionality of any large scale application. We will start from the absolute basics and then go…

How bad can a component get? — We are always so excited about the new shiny things that come out every week in the programming world. New ways to structure components, New techniques to reduce that two lines of code, and so on. But in the real world, things are not so shiny. Often we have to…

Using the full potential of winston and morgan — Logging is an essential part of any production-grade application. It’s one of the most important parts. Today we will learn how we can use logging effectively in Node.js. And how to do it for a production-grade application. This article is part of a series where I build an Express Boilerplate…

How to set up a professional NodeJS project — For the production-level applications, we need support for multiple environments. For example, you will need to use different databases for different environments. There are many uses, and this is just one of them. Today we will see how we can manage multiple environments in a NodeJS application. This article is…