In JavaScript, attaching an event listener to constantly fire a callback on scroll can be performance-intensive. But there is a better way with Intersection Observer.
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In this guide, we’ll be taking a general look at the concepts of forward geocoding and reverse geocoding, and will build a mini-app that applies these concepts to display specific locations, using Mapbox and Vue.js 2.6.11 to achieve this.
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Amazon allows visitors to display prices in their own currency. Thanks to ExchangeRatesApi.io, we can do the same for our online shops, providing a better experience to our customers. Let’s find out how.
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Let’s explore the plugins providing GraphQL servers to WordPress. When should we use WPGraphQL, and when the GraphQL API for WordPress? Is there some advantage of one over the other, or some particular task that is easier to accomplish with one of them? In this article, we will find out.
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In this article, John Agbanusi explains how you can build a Node.js API from scratch by building and deploying an Ethereum Blockchain for decentralization. He also shows you a step-by-step process of integrating both the API and blockchain into a single API called a “decentralized application API”.
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In this episode, we’re talking about GraphQL. What is it, and how does solve some common API problems? Drew McLellan talks to expert Eve Porcello to find out.
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The convention when contributing to projects on version control platforms is that there is the main branch containing the functional codebase. Then, there are other branches in which several developers can work on copies of the main to either add a new feature, fix a bug, and so on. If there is any error, it can easily be traced and fixed before integrating the changes into the main branch. It can be time-consuming to go through every single line of code manually looking for errors or bugs — even for a small project. With the help of this tutorial, you can learn how to create a continuous integration workflow for your Node JS REST API by using GitHub Actions as well as how to report test coverage with Coveralls.
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An important aspect of app development is ensuring that only verified users have access to our apps. This can be tedious and costly do, especially when you add alternative methods of logging in outside emails and passwords. Auth0 is a service that provides authentication functionalities to developers out of the box.
In this article, we’ll learn how to authenticate our React apps using Auth0. We will also learn how to set up Social Logins in our apps. This article will be beneficial to readers who want to add some form of authentication to their apps or want to get familiar with Auth0.
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With this guide, Ibrahima Ndaw will teach you the basics of Next.js API Routes. He will start by explaining what they are and why API Routes are useful compared to REST or GraphQL APIs. Then, he will guide you through a step by step tutorial on how to build your very first GraphQL server with Next.js and the Github API. If you want to extend your React or Next.js skills to the server-side and be able to build as well their first full-stack app with Next.js and GraphQL, this tutorial is for you!
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