Andrew Baisden

⚛️ Software Developer @CGI_Global | 🌅 Technical Writer @ThePracticalDev @hashnode @Medium @LogRocket | 🎨 Content Creator | 📝 5k+ Blog Subscribers

London, UK Joined on Feb 11, 2020 https://limey.io/andrewbaisden

Education

Bachelor Degree Computer Science

Work

Software Developer @CGI

Python, C#

Front-End: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, React Native, Redux
Back-End: Python, NodeJS, SQL, NoSQL, Docker
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, CircleCI

Content Creation and work projects

Anything programming related

114 posts published

3053 comments written

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Andrew Baisden

May 10

The Complete Modern React Developer 2022

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

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Feb 14

50 Cool Web And Mobile Project Ideas for 2022

#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

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Andrew Baisden

Feb 10

Moving from JavaScript to TypeScript

#javascript #typescript #webdev #beginners

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Andrew Baisden

Sep 6 '21

100 blog topic ideas for your next article - No more writers block

#career #webdev #codenewbie #javascript

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Mar 26 '21

50 Cool Web And Mobile Project Ideas for 2021

#javascript #webdev #react #beginners

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Sep 12

A day in the life of a developer

#watercooler #career #writing #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Sep 6

My Latest Project Inspires Creativity

#javascript #webdev #programming #react

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Aug 30

The Microsoft Behemoth

#watercooler #productivity #codenewbie #career

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Andrew Baisden

Aug 23

Why I Became a Software Developer - My Journey

#watercooler #career #writing #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Aug 18

5 Mistakes to Avoid with Agile Development

#watercooler #productivity #career #writing

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Andrew Baisden

Aug 11

Quntis Screen Light Bar Vs. BenQ ScreenBar

#watercooler #productivity #career #writing

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Andrew Baisden

Jul 27

3 Ways to Help Developers Thrive

#watercooler #productivity #career #writing

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Andrew Baisden

Jun 16

How to use ESLint and Prettier for code analysis and formatting

#webdev #javascript #beginners #react

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Andrew Baisden

Jun 15

How to use Docker in your Node and React Applications

#webdev #javascript #react #docker

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Andrew Baisden

May 25

How to do Test Driven Development in React using React Testing Library, Jest and Cypress

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

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Andrew Baisden

May 24

The NodeJS 18 Fetch API

#webdev #javascript #node #beginners

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Andrew Baisden

May 17

The Top 12 Node.js Frameworks on GitHub️

#javascript #node #github #webdev

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Andrew Baisden

May 13

Creating a component design system using React, TypeScript and Storybook

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 19

React 18 Whats New

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 19

What is the most important factor for you when looking for work?

#discuss #career #codenewbie #watercooler

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Andrew Baisden

Mar 22

How to use HarperDB custom functions to build your entire backend

#javascript #webdev #node #database

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Andrew Baisden

Mar 13

Why you should consider adding a BenQ ScreenBar to your developer setup

#watercooler #productivity #career #discuss

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Andrew Baisden

Feb 28

8 GitHub resources for becoming a developer in 2022

#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

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Andrew Baisden

Feb 16

How I setup my Development Environment on macOS 2022 Edition

#javascript #webdev #beginners #programming

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Andrew Baisden

Jan 7

How to launch a Minimum viable product (MVP) in 2022

#webdev #beginners #productivity #career

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Andrew Baisden

Jan 6

How to build powerful tables in React using the React Table package

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

5 min read

Andrew Baisden

Jan 5

How using the app Centered made me more productive

#watercooler #productivity #career #motivation

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Andrew Baisden

Jan 4

Why you should learn JavaScript and Python in 2022

#javascript #webdev #beginners #python

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Andrew Baisden

Nov 6 '21

Why developers don't like ETA's?

#career #webdev #codenewbie #productivity

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Andrew Baisden

Nov 4 '21

What qualities should a software engineer have?

#career #webdev #codenewbie #productivity

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Andrew Baisden

Sep 3 '21

Why having a portfolio website is not necessary for getting hired in 2021

#career #webdev #javascript #beginners

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Andrew Baisden

Sep 2 '21

How to be successful as a self taught developer

#career #javascript #webdev #beginners

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Andrew Baisden

Sep 1 '21

10 reasons why nobody is reading your articles and how to fix it

#webdev #beginners #career #writing

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Andrew Baisden

Aug 31 '21

The importance of a design system and why you should be using Storybook in all of your projects

#webdev #javascript #react #beginners

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Aug 30 '21

Top 5 lessons I learned while looking for my next developer role

#webdev #javascript #career #beginners

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Andrew Baisden

Aug 27 '21

Why you should consider having a brand colour

#webdev #javascript #career #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Aug 26 '21

5 steps for performing well in a new job

#javascript #webdev #beginners #career

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Andrew Baisden

Aug 25 '21

8 reasons why having a blog is as important as having a GitHub

#javascript #webdev #beginners #career

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Andrew Baisden

Aug 24 '21

Why you should become a Full-Stack Developer

#javascript #webdev #beginners #career

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Jul 5 '21

Modern Full-Stack Developer Tech Stack 2021

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

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Andrew Baisden

Jul 2 '21

Introducing Dogidex the gamified pet learning app for children

#webdev #react #programming #javascript

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Andrew Baisden

Jun 29 '21

How creating CSS Art can make you a better developer

#webdev #beginners #programming #css

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Andrew Baisden

May 16 '21

Why programmers should add journaling to their daily routine

#webdev #beginners #productivity #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

May 15 '21

I used the web browsers Edge and Brave exclusively for 1 week each here are my thoughts

#webdev #beginners #productivity #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

May 14 '21

How I use the Markdown app Obsidian as a second brain

#beginners #tutorial #productivity #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

May 13 '21

A Developers perspective on the M1 MacBook Pro after 5 months of usage

#webdev #beginners #codenewbie #career

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Andrew Baisden

May 12 '21

Freelancer vs. Company Employee

#webdev #beginners #codenewbie #career

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Andrew Baisden

May 11 '21

11 Types of Twitter Users and How They Compare

#discuss #codenewbie #career #watercooler

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Andrew Baisden

May 10 '21

Why it's so important to create a personal brand

#webdev #beginners #codenewbie #career

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Andrew Baisden

May 9 '21

15 reasons why you should be using Figma for design

#webdev #beginners #codenewbie #figma

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 29 '21

Why you should create a developer Instagram account

#beginners #programming #career #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 29 '21

How I Write Articles

#beginners #productivity #career #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 23 '21

Creating a Node back-end using the MVC software design pattern

#javascript #webdev #beginners #node

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 16 '21

How To Build Cross Platform Apps Using React, React Native And Redux

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 12 '21

20 activities that increase my creativity as a developer

#webdev #beginners #career #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 9 '21

10 reasons why Twitter is better than LinkedIn for finding work

#webdev #beginners #career #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 8 '21

45 useful mobile apps that I use as a developer

#watercooler #productivity #android #ios

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Andrew Baisden

Apr 2 '21

How the global pandemic turned more people to code and why you should do it too

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

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Andrew Baisden

Feb 24 '21

Examples for reversing a string in JavaScript, Python and Dart

#javascript #webdev #beginners #python

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Andrew Baisden

Jan 26 '21

How I setup my Development Environment on macOS 2021 Edition

#javascript #webdev #beginners #react

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Andrew Baisden

Jan 20 '21

My thoughts on using the LG 27UL850W 4K UHD LED LCD Monitor for programming and media consumption

#watercooler #webdev #productivity #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Jan 8 '21

How Developers can learn from the mistakes of Cyberpunk 2077

#watercooler #webdev #codenewbie #career

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Andrew Baisden

Dec 9 '20

What External Display do you use with your computer?

#discuss #productivity #watercooler #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Dec 9 '20

Clean Install vs Backup

#discuss #productivity #watercooler #codenewbie

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Andrew Baisden

Nov 22 '20

Why you should become a mobile app developer

#ios #android #career #codenewbie

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