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Alex Gurr

Full stack developer/technical leader 🚀. I build JavaScript thingymabobs and tweet tech stuff ♥️~ Head of Engineering @ CloudWave

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Head of Engineering at CloudWave

Turning a React app into an installable PWA with offline detection, service workers and theming.
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Turning a React app into an installable PWA with offline detection, service workers and theming.

#react #webdev #javascript
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React coding challenges - what & why

We actually experimented. We tried stand-alone, but as you sa...

Turning a React app into an installable PWA with offline detection, service workers and theming.

Using the pre built create react app scripts is probably bett...

Turning a React app into an installable PWA with offline detection, service workers and theming.

Hey! I created a new app using the templates command in the g...

How to make Rock Paper Scissors in Javascript

What about adding some code to make computer smarter? It coul...

mixmello - create remixed versions of your Spotify playlists. Open source.

Thanks for the idea for acoustic versions! If you'd care to r...

Spootify. The latest reactJS coding challenge in react-coding-challenges on GitHub.

Hi Fatema. There’s a whole section of the readme about gettin...

React coding challenges - what & why

Hi Gabi, I’ve only just seen this! When I say pairing i mean...

Botty. A basic conversational bot using socket.io and nodeJS (open source).

I've added a new 'Talking to Botty' section to the readme 🙌 ...

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mixmello - create remixed versions of your Spotify playlists. Open source.
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mixmello - create remixed versions of your Spotify playlists. Open source.

#react #javascript #webdev #opensource
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Creating a style utility file with some SCSS magic ✨
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Creating a style utility file with some SCSS magic ✨

#scss #css #styles #webdev
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I built a new tool for teams. Time To Estimate, a fun, simple way for teams to remotely estimate tasks together.
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I built a new tool for teams. Time To Estimate, a fun, simple way for teams to remotely estimate tasks together.

#showdev #react #webdev #tooling
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On the hunt for ideas & collaborators for node-coding-challenges
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On the hunt for ideas & collaborators for node-coding-challenges

#challenge #node #github #javascript
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React Coding Challenges Is officially on the awesome-react list on GitHub!
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React Coding Challenges Is officially on the awesome-react list on GitHub!

#challenge #react #github #javascript
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How I built a small ReactJS app to automatically invite collaborators to a private GitHub repo đź‘Ś
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How I built a small ReactJS app to automatically invite collaborators to a private GitHub repo đź‘Ś

#javascript #react #webdev #node
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Chatter. The latest reactJS coding challenge in react-coding-challenges on GitHub.
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Chatter. The latest reactJS coding challenge in react-coding-challenges on GitHub.

#challenge #react #github #javascript
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Botty. A basic conversational bot using socket.io and nodeJS (open source).
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Botty. A basic conversational bot using socket.io and nodeJS (open source).

#showdev #node #javascript #webdev
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Spootify. The latest reactJS coding challenge in react-coding-challenges on GitHub.
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Spootify. The latest reactJS coding challenge in react-coding-challenges on GitHub.

#challenge #react #github #javascript
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React Drive - An all-in-one react wrapper around Google's drive file picker. Supports direct downloads & blob exports.
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React Drive - An all-in-one react wrapper around Google's drive file picker. Supports direct downloads & blob exports.

#react #javascript #webdev #opensource
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What is function Memoization and why should you care?
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What is function Memoization and why should you care?

#javascript #react #webdev #codenewbie
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SVG Splash. A beautiful Electron-based SVG painting app.
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SVG Splash. A beautiful Electron-based SVG painting app.

#showdev #react #discuss #javascript
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React coding challenges - what & why
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React coding challenges - what & why

#challenge #react #github #javascript
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From Web Developer to Head of Engineering in under 5 years, AMA
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From Web Developer to Head of Engineering in under 5 years, AMA

#ama #webdev #career #discuss
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