A short yet detailed guide to styling components with create-react-app with Sass and CSS Modules, which now is part of CRA. Up until the release of create-react-app v2, if you wanted to include Sass or CSS Modules in your project, you would have to eject from create-react-app, learn Webpack configurations, install Sass loaders and configure it […]
Build a Website with Modern Tooling and No Frameworks
In this tutorial we will be building a website without a front-end framework but making use of Webpack to support writing modern JavaScript (ES6+), including ES Modules and Sass. We all love React, Vue, Angular, [front-end framework]. But, it might be overkill to use them if you just need to build a simple website.
Compile Sass Files in Visual Studio and Webpack
Sass is a very popular CSS pre-processors and the intent of the tutorial is to show you how to compile Sass files within Visual Studio using Webpack, this will include minification and autoprefixing for production. Sure, there are some plug-ins on the Visual Studio Marketplace, and is nice to just install a plug-in and forget […]
Getting Started with Vue.js in .NET Core using Visual Studio
You have heard a lot about Vue.js and how awesome it is, and now you want to use it with your next .NET Core app. Well, it is far easier than you might think. In this tutorial, besides getting started with Vue.js, we will cover the following: SASS compilation ES6+ JavaScript transpilation to ES5 with […]
Learn Webpack for React
You know React, you know create-react-app, but now you want to learn Webpack to create your own configurations and run React. In this tutorial, we will see the basics of Webpack for React to get you started, including React Router, React Fast Refresh, Code Splitting by Route and Vendor, production configuration, and more.
How To Make create-react-app work with a Node Backend API
This is a very common question among newer React developers, and one question I had when I was starting out with React and Node. In this short example I will show you how to make create-react-app work with a Node Express Backend.
The Dependency Service or Group Failed To Start – Wireless Error
After cleaning a Windows computer from malware, I ran into this strange issue when attempting to connect to the internet. The computer was showing a big red X over the wireless icon and upon opening the Network and Sharing Center I would see the error message The Dependency Service or Group Failed To Start. I […]
Video Tutorial: How to Connect Kodi to Your Synology NAS DSM (DiskStation Manager) Home Server
Having a NAS to store files is great, but having a NAS as a media server is awesome. If one of your purposes to have bought a Synology NAS was to have it as a media server, then having Kodi in your PC/Mac/Fire TV is a must. By now you probably know that your Synology […]
How to Connect Kodi to Your Synology NAS DSM (DiskStation Manager)
Having a NAS to store files is great, but having a NAS as a media server is awesome. If one of your purposes to have bought a Synology NAS was to have it as a media server, then having Kodi in your PC/Mac/Fire TV is a must. By now you probably know that your Synology […]
Quick Guide to Git and GitHub – Command Line (CLI)
In this guide I will cover some basic commands to configure Git and upload your project to GitHub using command line. macOS should already come with Git pre-installed, but just in case, follow this link to install it, Installing Git on Mac. If you are on Windows, you can get Git for Windows, or enable […]