The latest articles on DEV Community by Daniel Mills (@dmamills). https://dev.to/dmamills https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F201604%2F587074ec-2e1f-47ac-bcf0-b12b075488be.jpeg https://dev.to/dmamills en Daniel Mills Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:57:28 +0000 https://dev.to/dmamills/you-should-stop-using-thing-4a4d https://dev.to/dmamills/you-should-stop-using-thing-4a4d <p>I'm not a big fan of Thing.</p> <p>I find that it is too restrictive, and I find the thing process to be painful, with resulting configuration being far to complex to easily tinker.</p> <p>On the other hand, I'm a huge fan of NewThing.</p> <p>I do NOT believe that NewThing is the solution to all problems, and that anyone who uses OtherThing instead of NewThing is wasting their time (I personally still use OtherThing for all professional projects), but I definitely believe that NewThing is appropriate for the large majority of hobbyist and small-scale front-end web applications out there.</p> <p>I recently asked the DEV community to provide me with code to review, and whilst reviewing one of the Thing.js projects (created using Thing) I decided that in order to properly implement import aliases, I was going to replace Thing with NewThing.</p> <p>And so I did, and it was a relatively short and pain-free process, completed in under 5 minutes!</p> webdev beginners react Daniel Mills Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:35:57 +0000 https://dev.to/dmamills/live-from-thingconf-ce0 https://dev.to/dmamills/live-from-thingconf-ce0 <p>I am here live at ThingConf. The official conference for Thing, quite possibly my favourite computer Thing out there. There is a giant assembly of speakers from all over the world, all gathered to discuss Thing. I just got here and I’ve already got a Thing sticker that I slapped on my laptop! I took a picture of myself right next to the ThingConf standee and tweeted it out to my friends and loved ones.</p> <p>One of the coolest parts is that the creator of Thing is here, to discuss what’s still to come to Thing! This morning I got a chance to meet him and thank him for Thing. It’s really been a pretty big part of my computer talking career, and it’s pretty nifty of him to put together a whole conference for me to level up on my Thing knowledge!</p> <p>I went to a pretty interesting workshop this morning, where an experienced Thing developer showcase some of the lesser know techniques n’ tricks that Thing can pull off. It left me feeling: Thing sure can do anything.</p> <p>After the workshop, everyone went to mingle in the lobby. The lobby was buzzing with discussion about Thing. People were connecting with all the different ways they used Thing. Jimmy Smith was there, he wrote a book about Thing. People were very eager to talk to him and let him know how much they helped their overarching knowledge of Thing.</p> <p>Tonight there is a dinner for computer talkers. I am going to put on that one shirt I brought just in case of an event like this! I am going to mingle with other Thing developers, find out where they work, how they use Thing. It really should be something!</p> <p>Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing!</p> techtalks thing computer