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How to stitch and sort array in Swift

Issue #672

Supposed we want to stitch magazines array into books array. The requirement is to sort them by publishedDate, but must keep preferredOrder of books. One way to solve this is to declare an enum to hold all possible cases, and then do a sort that check every possible combination 

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struct Book {
    let preferredOrder: Int
    let publishedDate: Date
}

struct Magazine {
    let publishedDate: Date
}

enum StitchItem {
    case book(Book)
    case magazine(Magazine)
}

func stitch(_ books: [Book], magazines: [Magazine]) -> [StitchItem] {
    let items = books.map({ StitchItem.book($0) }) + magazines.map({ StitchItem.magazine($0) })
    return items.sorted(by: { book, magazine in
        switch (book, magazine) {
        case let (.book(b1), .book(b2)):
            return b1.preferredOrder < b2.preferredOrder
        case let (.book(book), .magazine(magazine)):
            if book.publishedDate == magazine.publishedDate {
                return true
            } else {
                return book.publishedDate < magazine.publishedDate
            }
        case let (.magazine(magazine), .book(book)):
            if book.publishedDate == magazine.publishedDate {
                return false
            } else {
                return book.publishedDate < magazine.publishedDate
            }
        case let (.magazine(m1), .magazine(m2)):
            return m1.publishedDate < m2.publishedDate
        }
    })
}

The above sort function declares the intention but Swift just sort instead of trying to fully meet our requirements.

A manual solution is to sort each array first then use while loop to insert.

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func stitch(_ books: [Book], magazines: [Magazine]) -> [StitchItem] {
    let books = books
        .sorted(by: { $0.preferredOrder < $1.preferredOrder })
    let magazines = magazines
        .sorted(by: sortmagazines)

    var bookIndex = 0
    var magazineIndex = 0
    var results: [StitchItem] = []
    while (bookIndex < books.count && magazineIndex < magazines.count) {
        let book = books[bookIndex]
        let magazine = magazines[magazineIndex]
        if book.publishedDate < magazine.publishedDate {
            results.append(StitchItem.book(book))
            bookIndex += 1
        } else {
            results.append(StitchItem.magazine(magazine))
            magazineIndex += 1
        }
    }

    while (bookIndex < books.count) {
        let book = books[bookIndex]
        results.append(StitchItem.book(book))
        bookIndex += 1
    }

    while (magazineIndex < magazines.count) {
        let magazine = magazines[magazineIndex]
        results.append(StitchItem.magazine(magazine))
        magazineIndex += 1
    }

    return results
}
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How to make dynamic font size for UIButton

Issue #671

Use adjustsFontForContentSizeCategory

A Boolean that indicates whether the object automatically updates its font when the device’s content size category changes.

If you set this property to YES, the element adjusts for a new content size category on a UIContentSizeCategoryDidChangeNotification.

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button.titleLabel?.adjustsFontForContentSizeCategory = true
button.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
button.titleLabel?.font = UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .title1)

label.adjustsFontForContentSizeCategory = true
label.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellow
label.font = UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .title1)

However it seems view (UIButton or UILabel) size is the same, just the inner text increases in size. A workaround is to put view inside UIStackView so UIButton or UILabel can automatically changes size.

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How to test for view disappear in navigation controller

Issue #670

To test for viewWillDisappear during UINavigationController popViewController in unit test, we need to simulate UIWindow so view appearance works.

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final class PopTests: XCTestCase {
    func testPop() {
        let window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
        let navigationController = UINavigationController()
        window.rootViewController = navigationController
        let viewController = DetailViewController()

        navigationController.viewControllers = [
            UIViewController(),
            viewController
        ]

        window.makeKeyAndVisible()
        let expectation = XCTestExpectation()
        navigationController.popViewController(animated: false)
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) {
            XCTAssertTrue(viewController.wasDismissed)
            expectation.fulfill()
        }
        wait(for: [expectation], timeout: 1)
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        override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
            super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
            if isMovingFromParent {
                wasDismissed = true
            }
        }
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How to use useEffect in React hook

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Specify params as array [year, id], not object {year, id}

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useEffect(() => {
        const loadData = async () => {
            try {
                
            } catch (error) {
                console.log(error)
            }
        }

        listenChats()
    }, [year, id])
}

Hooks effect

By default, it runs both after the first render and after every update.

This requirement is common enough that it is built into the useEffect Hook API. You can tell React to skip applying an effect if certain values haven’t changed between re-renders. To do so, pass an array as an optional second argument to useEffect:

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  document.title = `You clicked ${count} times`;
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How to sign in with apple for web with firebase

Issue #668

Authenticate Using Apple with JavaScript

Use Firebase JS SDK

Configure Sign in with Apple for the web

Go to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles -> Identifier create 2 ids: App ID and Service ID

For example: I have App ID com.onmyway133.myapp and Service ID com.onmyway133.myweb

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Remember that to view App ID or Service ID, there’s dropdown menu on the right

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For App ID, enable

  • Associated Domains
  • Sign In with Apple: Enable it as Primary App ID

For Service ID, use firebase callback url

Associate domain

Add apple-app-site-association in public folder

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{
  "applinks": {
      "details": [
           {
             "appIDs": ["T78DK947F2.com.onmyway133.myapp"],
             "components": [
               {
                  "#": "no_universal_links",
                  "exclude": true,
                  "comment": "Matches any URL whose fragment equals no_universal_links and instructs the system not to open it as a universal link"
               }
             ]
           }
       ]
   },
   "webcredentials": {
      "apps": [ "T78DK947F2.com.onmyway133.myweb" ]
   }
}

Private key

Go to Keys and create new auth key. Configure that key with the primary App ID above

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Configure in Firebase

Go to Sign in providers and enable Apple sign in.

Fill in

  • Service ID identifier (com.onmyway133.myweb)
  • OAuth code flow configuration: fill in your team id, key id and key secret content.
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How to use firebase cloud functions

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Use node 10

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admin.initializeApp({
    credential: admin.credential.cert(serviceAccount),
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This builds and spins up emulator to test

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// my function
var helloFn = function helloFn(req, res) {
    res.status(200)
        .send('Hello, Functions\n');
};

// CORS and Cloud Functions export logic
exports.hello = function hello(req, res) {
    var corsFn = cors();
    corsFn(req, res, function() {
        helloFn(req, res);
    });
}
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How to go back to home in React

Issue #665

Usually in header we have logo that takes user back to the home page

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import {
    BrowserRouter as Router,
    Switch,
    Route,
    Link
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    <Switch>
        <Route exact path="/">
            <Home />
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const history = useHistory()

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    history.push('/')
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How to style video js

Issue #663

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/** @jsx jsx */
import { css, jsx } from '@emotion/core'
import React from 'react';
import videojs from 'video.js'

export default class VideoPlayer extends React.Component {
    componentDidMount() {
        // instantiate Video.js
        this.player = videojs(this.videoNode, this.props, function onPlayerReady() {
            console.log('onPlayerReady', this)
        });
    }

    // destroy player on unmount
    componentWillUnmount() {
        if (this.player) {
            this.player.dispose()
        }
    }

    // wrap the player in a div with a `data-vjs-player` attribute
    // so videojs won't create additional wrapper in the DOM
    // see https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3856
    render() {
        return (
            <div>
                <div data-vjs-player css={css`
                    
                `}>
                    <video 
                        ref={node => this.videoNode = node} 
                        className="video-js vjs-big-play-centered" 
                        data-setup='{ "playbackRates": [0.5, 1, 1.5, 2] }'
                        css={css`
                        width: auto;
                        height: 400px;
                    `}>

                    </video>
                </div>
            </div>
        )
    }
}
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How to use setState in React

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Use spread operator

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import React, { Component, useState, useEffect } from 'react';

const [state, setState] = useState({
        message: '',
        chats: [],
        sending: false
})

setState(prevState => ({ 
    ...prevState,
    message: '',
    sending: false
}))
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How to handle evens in put with React

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Use Bulma css

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<input
    class="input is-rounded"
    type="text"
    placeholder="Say something"
    value={value}
    onChange={(e) => { onValueChange(e.target.value) }}
    onKeyDown={(e) => {
        if (e.key === 'Enter') {
            onSend(e)
        }
    }}
/>
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How to handle events for input with React

Issue #661

Use Bulma css

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    class="input is-rounded"
    type="text"
    placeholder="Say something"
    value={value}
    onChange={(e) => { onValueChange(e.target.value) }}
    onKeyDown={(e) => {
        if (e.key === 'Enter') {
            onSend(e)
        }
    }}
/>
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How to set text color for UIDatePicker

Issue #660

Apply tintColor does not seem to have effect.

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datePicker.setValue(false, forKey: "highlightsToday")
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How to auto scroll to top in react router 5

Issue #659

Use useLocation https://reacttraining.com/react-router/web/guides/scroll-restoration

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import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
import {
    BrowserRouter as Router,
    Switch,
    Route,
    Link,
    useLocation,
    withRouter
} from 'react-router-dom'

function _ScrollToTop(props) {
    const { pathname } = useLocation();

    useEffect(() => {
        window.scrollTo(0, 0);
    }, [pathname]);

    return props.children
}

const ScrollToTop = withRouter(_ScrollToTop)

function App() {
    return (
        <div>
            <Router>
                <ScrollToTop>
                    <Header />
                     <Content />
                    <Footer />
                </ScrollToTop>
            </Router>
        </div>
    )
}
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How to use dynamic route in react router 5

Issue #658

Declare routes, use exact to match exact path as finding route is from top to bottom. For dynamic route, I find that we need to use render and pass the props manually.

Declare Router as the rooter with Header, Content and Footer. Inside Content there is the Switch, so header and footer stay the same across pages

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import {
    BrowserRouter as Router,
    Switch,
    Route,
    Link
} from 'react-router-dom'

function Content() {
    return (
            <Switch>
                <Route exact path="/about">
                    <About />
                </Route>
                <Route exact path="/">
                    <Home />
                </Route>
                <Route path='/book/:id' render={(props) => {
                    return ( <BookDetail {...props } /> )
                }} />
                <Route>
                    <NotFound />
                </Route>
            </Switch>
    )
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function App() {
    return (
        <div>
            <Router>
                <Header />
                <Content />
                <Footer />
            </Router>
        </div>
    )
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To trigger route request, use useHistory hook. Note that we need to declare variable, and not use useHistory().push directly

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const history = useHistory()

<a onClick={() => {
    history.push(`/book/${uuid}`)
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export default function BookDetail(props) {
    const [ state, setState ] = useState({
        book: null
    })

    const { match } = props
   // match.params.id
}
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How to use folder as local npm package

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        res.js
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        Home
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    "version": "0.0.1"
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    "library": "file:src/library"
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How to make switch statement in SwiftUI

Issue #656

Lately I’ve been challenging myself to declare switch statement in SwiftUI, or in a more generalized way, execute any anonymous function that can return a View

Use Switch and Case views

Note that this approach does not work yet, as TupeView should support variadic number of contents, and also T.RawValue needs to conform to Equatable in order to check the cases.

Also in Switch statement, Content can’t be inferred

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    let value: T
    let content: Content

    init(_ value: T, @ViewBuilder content: () -> Content) {
        self.value = value
        self.content = content()
    }

    var body: some View {
        content
    }
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struct Switch<T: RawRepresentable, Content: View>: View {
    let value: T
    let cases: TupleView<Case<T, Content>>

    init(_ value: T, @ViewBuilder cases: () -> TupleView<Case<T, Content>>) {
        self.value = value
        self.cases = cases()
    }

    var body: some View {
        makeBody()
    }

    private func makeBody() -> some View {
        // TODO: Logic here
        cases
    }
}

struct UseSwitchStatement {
    let animal: Animal = .cat

    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Switch(animal) {
                Case(Animal.cat) {
                    Text("cat")
                }
                Case(Animal.dog) {
                    Text("dog")
                }
                Case(Animal.mouse) {
                    Text("mouse")
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Use MakeView

Another solution is to use a MakeView view, this is more generic as it can execute any functions

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enum Animal: String {
    case cat
    case dog
    case mouse
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struct MakeView: View {
    let make: () -> AnyView

    var body: some View {
        make()
    }
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struct UseMakeView: View {
    let animal: Animal = .cat

    var body: some View {
        MakeView {
            switch self.animal {
            case .cat:
                return Text("cat").erase()
            case .dog:
                return Text("dog").erase()
            case .mouse:
                return Text("mouse").erase()
            }
        }
    }
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How to update multiple state properties with React hooks

Issue #655

Declare state and setState

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export default function Showcase(props) {
    const factory = props.factory
    const [state, setState] = useState(
        {
            factory,
            selectedFilter: { name: '' }
        }
    )

    const onFilterClick = (filter) => {
        setState({
            selectedFilter: filter,
            factory: factory.filter((app) => {
                return app.showcase.platforms.includes(filter.name)
            }) 
        })
    }

    let cards = state.factory.map((app, index) => {
        return (
            <Card app={app} key={app.slug} />
        )
    })

    return (
        <div>
            <FilterBar onClick={onFilterClick} />
            <div css={css`
                display: flex;
                flex-direction: row;
                flex-wrap: wrap;
                justify-content: flex-start;
                margin: 0 auto;
                padding: 0 8vw;
            `}>
                {cards}
            </div>
        </div>

    )
}
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How to make white label React app for landing pages

Issue #654

A good landing page is one of the most crucial part of a successful launch. Recently I started creating landing pages for my apps, I was lazy that I ended creating a white label React app as a landing template and then write a script to build multiple similar pages.

Here are a few examples, at first the pages share same look and feel, but we can add more configuration parameters later on. The cool thing with this approach is fixing bugs and adding features become easier, as they will all be deployed with the generator script.

Here are how it looks in my apps PastePal and PushHero, look at how the footer parts are so consistent.

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Create a landing page in pure html and javascript

The first version that I built is with pure html and javascript. It has a lot of boilerplate and I need to deal with Webpack eventually to obfuscate my code.

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    const a = document.createElement('a')
    container.appendChild(a)

    const card = document.createElement('div')
    card.className = 'card'
    a.appendChild(card)

    // top
    const imageContainer = document.createElement('div')
    imageContainer.className = 'image-container'
    card.appendChild(imageContainer)
    if (app.background !== undefined) {
        imageContainer.style.backgroundColor = app.background
    } else {
        imageContainer.style.backgroundColor = 'rgba(200, 200, 200, 1.0)'
    }

    const image = document.createElement('img')
    image.src = `../${app.slug}/icon.png`
    imageContainer.appendChild(image)

Since they are in pure html and javascript, everyone can just open browser and view source code, which is not ideal, so I need to fiddle with Webpack and other uglify and minimize tools to obfuscate the code, like How to use webpack to bundle html css js

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npm install webpack webpack-cli --save-dev
npm install babel-minify-webpack-plugin --save-dev
npm install html-webpack-plugin --save-dev

const MinifyPlugin = require('babel-minify-webpack-plugin');
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin')

module.exports = {
    entry: "./index.js",
    mode: 'production',
    output: {
        filename: "./index.js"
    },
    plugins: [
        new MinifyPlugin(),
        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
            template: 'index.html',
            filename: 'index.html',
            minify: {
                collapseWhitespace: true
            }
        })
    ]
}

And with external css sheets, finding and renaming class list names take some time.

Create a landing page in React

I use create-react-app to generate my React app as it sets up JSX, Babel, Webpack, hot reloading and development server for me.

Inline css

I like js, css and html be part of the same component file, so I prefer inline css. I tried styled-components before but then I found emotion to be much easier to use and close to css. I also don’t like declaring unnecessary local variables style in styled-components.

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const Title = styled.h1`
  font-size: 1.5em;
  text-align: center;
  color: palevioletred;
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render(<Title>Hiya!</Title>)

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const button = styled.button({
  fontSize: '1.5em',
  textAlign: 'center',
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  <h1
    className={css`
      font-size: 1.5em;
      text-align: center;
      color: palevioletred;
    `}
  >
    Hiya!
  </h1>
)

// Object syntax
const titleStyles = css({
  fontSize: '1.5em',
  textAlign: 'center',
  color: 'palevioletred'
})

render(<h1 className={titleStyles}>Hiya!</h1>)

Use emotion for inline css

I detail here How to use emotion for inline css in React

Emotion has core and styled styles. I usually use the css inline syntax, so I can just install the core

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/** @jsx jsx */
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const color = 'white'

render(
  <div
    css={css`
      padding: 32px;
      background-color: hotpink;
      font-size: 24px;
      border-radius: 4px;
      &:hover {
        color: ${color};
      }
    `}
  >
    Hover to change color.
  </div>
)

One cool thing with inline css is they are just javascript code so it’s pretty easy to apply logic code, like in How to conditionally apply css in emotion js

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const shadowCss = feature.shadow ? css`
        border-radius: 5px;
        box-shadow: 0 4px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19);
    ` : css``

Components based

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import Footer from './components/Footer'
import Download from './components/Download'
import ProductHunt from './components/ProductHunt'
import Header from './components/Header'
import Headline from './components/Headline'
import Features from './components/Features

and I stack them vertically, using flexbox and css grid

Responsiveness with flexbox and css grid

I used flexbox mostly at first, but then I gradually convert some of them to css grid when I see fit. To stack vertically with flexbox, I use flex-direction

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I use flex-wrap: wrap in some places to wrap content, but in some places I see specifying media query and changing columns in css grid is more easier and predictable

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grid-gap: 8vw;
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    grid-template-columns: 1fr; 
}

Audit with Lighthouse

Google Lighthouse is the most popular tool to audit website for performance and SEO. I use it to reduce image size, add correct html attributes and make it more SEO friendly.

Prepare a list of app

I have my list of apps in 1 javascript file, called factory.js, for example here with PastePal

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const factory = [
    {
        name: 'PastePal',
        slug: 'pastepal',
        header: {
            background: '#5488E5'
        },
        headline: {
            title: 'Your next favorite pasteboard manager',
            text: 'Never miss what you just type. PastePal is a native Mac application that manages your pasteboard history with a variety of file types support like text and images. It also comes with a nifty note and shortcut manager.',
            image: 'banner.png',
        },

In my package.json for my landing page, I declare a property called currentApp. This is to specify which app I’m currently work on. Later in the generator script, we can just update this for every app that we build.

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  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
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Here is how to read that value from my landing app

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import factory from './apps/factory'
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class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props)
        this.state = {}
    }

    componentWillMount() {
        let key = pkg.currentApp
        if (key === undefined) {
            key = 'pastepal'
        }

        const app = factory.filter((app) => { return app.slug === key })[0]
        this.setState(app)
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <div>
                <Page app={this.state} />
            </div>
        )
    }
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Deployment

One thing with create-react-app is that built assets are relative to the root, not your index.html

npm run build creates a build directory with a production build of your app. Set up your favorite HTTP server so that a visitor to your site is served index.html, and requests to static paths like /static/js/main..js are served with the contents of the /static/js/main..js file. For more information see the production build section.

If you are not using the HTML5 pushState history API or not using client-side routing at all, it is unnecessary to specify the URL from which your app will be served. Instead, you can put this in your package.json:

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This will make sure that all the asset paths are relative to index.html. You will then be able to move your app from http://mywebsite.com to http://mywebsite.com/relativepath or even http://mywebsite.com/relative/path without having to rebuild it.

Build a generator script to generate many landing pages

I make another nodejs project called generator, it will use my landing project as template, changes a few parameters and build each app defined in factory.js.

My factory use export default syntax, so I need to use Babel in my node app to import that, see How to use babel 7 in node project

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Update currentApp

I use sync methods of fs to not have to deal with asynchrony.

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const json = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkPath, 'utf8'))
json.currentApp = app.slug
fs.writeFileSync(pkPath, JSON.stringify(json, null, 2))

Execute shell command

I use shelljs to execute shell commands, and fs to read and write. In public/index.html specify some placeholder and we will replace those in our script.

In landing app, the public/index.html acts as the shell when building the app, so I have a few placeholder called CONSTANTS, these will be replaced at generation time in my node app.

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const fs = require('fs');
const shell = require('shelljs')

let indexHtml = fs.readFileSync(publicIndexHtmlPath, 'utf8')
indexHtml = indexHtml
    .replace('CONSTANT_HTML_TITLE', `${app.name} - ${app.headline.title}`)
    .replace('CONSTANT_HTML_META_DESCRIPTION', app.headline.text)

fs.writeFileSync(publicIndexHtmlPath, indexHtml)

// build
shell.cd('projects/my_react_app')
shell.exec('npm run build')

// copy
shell.exec(`cp -a projects/my_react_app web_server/public`)
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How to make white label React app

Issue #654

Use shelljs to execute shell commands, and fs to read and write. In public/index.html specify some placeholder and we will replace those in our script

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const shell = require('shelljs')

let indexHtml = fs.readFileSync(publicIndexHtmlPath, 'utf8')
indexHtml = indexHtml
    .replace('CONSTANT_HTML_TITLE', `${app.name} - ${app.headline.title}`)
    .replace('CONSTANT_HTML_META_DESCRIPTION', app.headline.text)

fs.writeFileSync(publicIndexHtmlPath, indexHtml)

// build
shell.cd('projects/my_react_app')
shell.exec('npm run build')

// copy
shell.exec(`cp -a projects/my_react_app web_server/public`)
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How to show lightbox in React

Issue #653

Use https://github.com/biati-digital/glightbox

Configure css. Specify class='glightbox for html elements

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const lbElements = features.map((feature) => {
    return {
        'href': require(`../apps/${app.slug}/${feature.image}`),
        'type': 'image',
        'title': feature.title,
        'description': feature.texts[0],
    }
})

const openLb = () => {
    const lightbox = GLightbox({
        touchNavigation: true,
        loop: true,
        autoplayVideos: true,
        onOpen: () => {},
        beforeSlideLoad: (slide, data) => {}
    });
    
    const myGallery = GLightbox({
        elements: lbElements,
        autoplayVideos: false,
    });
    myGallery.open()
}}
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How to animate on scroll in React

Issue #652

Use https://github.com/michalsnik/aos

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    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/aos@next/dist/aos.css" />
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<script>
    AOS.init();
</script>

Specify data-aos

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How to copy folder in nodej

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shell.exec(`cp -a source_path/. destination_path`)

The -a option is an improved recursive option, that preserve all file attributes, and also preserve symlinks.

The . at end of the source path is a specific cp syntax that allow to copy all files and folders, included hidden ones.

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How to use babel 7 in node project

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npm install @babel/cli
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How to conditionally apply css in emotion js

Issue #649

Check flag then define css

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const Picture = (feature) => {
    const shadowCss = feature.shadow ? css`
        border-radius: 5px;
        box-shadow: 0 4px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19);
    ` : css``

    return (
        <div css={css`
            width: 40vw;
            @media (max-width: 420px) {
                width: 98vw;
            }
        `}>
            <div css={shadowCss}>
                <img css={css`
                max-width: 100%;
                height: auto;
            `}
                    src={require(`../apps/${feature.image}`)}
                />
            </div>
        </div>
    )
}
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How to scroll to element in React

Issue #648

In a similar fashion to plain old javascript, note that href needs to have valid hash tag, like #features

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<a
    href='#features'
    onClick={() => {
        const options = {
            behavior: 'smooth'
        }
        document.getElementById('features-section').scrollIntoView(options)
    }}
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    Features
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How to use emotion for inline css in React

Issue #647

emotion can be used in framework agnostic or with React. To use with React, follow https://emotion.sh/docs/introduction#react

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Note that you must have /** @jsx jsx */ at the top of the file, and the unused jsx in import is a directive for JSX to work properly

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// this comment tells babel to convert jsx to calls to a function called jsx instead of React.createElement
/** @jsx jsx */
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const color = 'white'

render(
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    css={css`
      padding: 32px;
      background-color: hotpink;
      font-size: 24px;
      border-radius: 4px;
      &:hover {
        color: ${color};
      }
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    Hover to change color.
  </div>
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How to test DispatchQueue in Swift

Issue #646

Sync the DispatchQueue

Pass DispatchQueue and call queue.sync to sync all async works before asserting

Use mock

Use DispatchQueueType and in mock, call the work immediately

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import Foundation

public protocol DispatchQueueType {
    func async(execute work: @escaping @convention(block) () -> Void)
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extension DispatchQueue: DispatchQueueType {
    public func async(execute work: @escaping @convention(block) () -> Void) {
        async(group: nil, qos: .unspecified, flags: [], execute: work)
    }
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final class MockDispatchQueue: DispatchQueueType {
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    output: {
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To invoke webpack, run below. Your output is dist/index.js

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module.exports = {
    entry: "./index.js",
    mode: 'production',
    output: {
        filename: "./index.js"
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    plugins: [
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        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
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            filename: 'index.html',
            minify: {
                collapseWhitespace: true
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Minify css

TBD

Copy files

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    "copy": "copyfiles -u 1 dist/* ../apps/ && copyfiles *.css ../apps"
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Then run npm run copy

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