Postman is a powerful tool for testing and working with APIs. In this blog post, I will describe some Postman tips for better API testing that I have used for quite some time and have helped tremendously.
Postman Tips for Better API Testing
Solved: GraphQL and Hot Chocolate Workshop issues with the latest versions of Hot Chocolate and .NET Top-Level Statements
I started working on the official “Getting started with GraphQL on ASP.NET Core and Hot Chocolate – Workshop” tutorial, but since the workshop is a bit outdated, it targets .NET 5 and an older version of Hot Chocolate. I am using the latest .NET 7 (at the time of this writing) and top-level statements. In […]
Fix Synology Photos Not Playing HVEC Videos And Not Reading Taken Timestamp
If you are still running Synology DSM 6 and are looking into migrating to Synology DSM 7, and one of the main Synology apps you use is Photo Station, there are some major changes in how Synology handles photo uploading in the new Synology Photos app.
Create a React Custom Lightbox Gallery
With many lightbox gallery solutions on NPM, I ended up writing my own React Custom Lightbox Gallery Component to meet my specific needs. I was looking for a “lightbox” type gallery that would allow me to display images (multiple images in the same modal), videos, text, and a mix of that, all within the same […]
Create a React Custom Modal
With many modal solutions on NPM, I ended up writing my own React Custom Modal Component to meet my specific needs. Well, the above statement is not entirely true. I was looking for a “lightbox” type gallery that would allow me to display images (multiple images in the same modal), videos, text, and a mix […]
React Hook to play a video with Intersection Observer
How to use a custom React hook to auto-play a video with Intersection Observer when it becomes visible and pause when it goes out of view. I was building my wife’s website and she wanted to play a video clip as a background with some text overlaying the video. I knew I did not want […]
Add a React App to a NET Core MVC App
In this tutorial, we will go step by step on how to add a React App to a NET Core MVC App. Handling 404 pages and client routing. I am one to think that not everything I build has to be a Single Page Application (SPA). Recently I was building a project for a client, […]
Deploy a Production React App to Netlify
In this tutorial, we will learn how to deploy a React app with a back-end API to Netlify. We will cover deploying an Express.js API and Lambda Functions to interact with the React front-end. I have written two other tutorials where we will deploy the same app to Vercel and Heroku. (Links below) Deployment to Vercel Deployment to Heroku
Deploy a Production React App to Vercel
In this tutorial, we will learn how to deploy a React app with a back-end API to Vercel. We will cover deploying Lambda Functions API to interact with the React front-end. I have written two other tutorials where we will deploy the same app to Netlify and Heroku. (Links below) Deployment to Netlify Deployment to Heroku
Deploy a Production React App to Heroku
In this tutorial, we will learn how to deploy a React app with a back-end API to Heroku. We will cover deploying an Express.js API to interact with the React front-end. I have written two other tutorials where we will deploy the same app to Vercel and Netlify. (Links below) Deployment to Vercel Deployment to Netlify