Dev

small little compilation of various tools i’ve found to be pretty useful.

node modules

dealing with node modules can often be a pain, but it doesn’t have to be. assuming you’re following the general best practice of not checking in your node_modules directory into version control, you may forget to add it to your .gitignore before checking it in. thankfully, there’s a quick solution for such situations:

touch .gitignore && echo "node_modules/" >> .gitignore && git rm -r --cached node_modules ; git status

h/t: https://stackoverflow.com/a/47825219

shuffling nested directories

quick little command to move the contents of a nested directory into the current directory:

mv  -v ~/subfolder/* ~/desiredfolder/

h/t: https://superuser.com/a/658084

module.exports

i’m realizing i’m so ridiculously rusty on all things related to node. some resources that helped me navigate best practices around importing/exporting

• have to commit to either modules (< es6) OR explicit imports/exports (es6+)
  • good walkthrough
  • nice stackoverflow post on navigating between es6 and pre-es6 importing/exporting

web dev

• https://vercel.com/guides/deploying-react-with-vercel-cra for simple deployment of react apps
• https://raptis.wtf/blog/create-a-navbar-with-chakra-ui-react/
• https://www.coffeeclass.io/articles/create-responsive-navbar-using-chakra-ui

nextjs

• getting query params
• nextjs express template
• https://dev.to/alexeydc/express-nextjs-sample-tutorial-integration-485f
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/examples/api-routes
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/master/examples/api-routes-middleware/pages/index.js
• https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/dynamic-api-routes

infra

• blue/green deployments: keep two identical environments so you can cug over from one to another