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Babel module resolver and Babel presets for React Native 0.59.x

Babel module resolver and Babel presets for React Native 0.59.x

With the recent launch of React Native 0.59 [https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases], some extra configurations came with like the metro.config.js [https://facebook.github.io/metro/en/] and the babel.config.js. We used to configure our React Native projects with babel-preset-react-native but since is incompatible

Create your first Pong game using HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript

Create your first Pong game using HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript

If you are just starting in game development or even if you are a curious person that wanted to know how to develop a simple game, then this free course is four you. This course from Udemy [https://www.udemy.com/code-your-first-game/] promises that in only two hours of coding,

The new logo of Slack

The Slack’s Design Team [https://slackhq.com/say-hello-new-logo] and the one of Pentagram [https://www.pentagram.com/work/slack] worked together to show us a fresh look of Slack with a new logo. The reason of this change was because the previous logo was created before the launch of

Dev.education, a new community of Javascript technologies

Dev.education, a new community of Javascript technologies

The author of CodeJobs [https://www.codejobs.com/] and his recent book React Cookbook [https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/react-cookbook], has released a new community called Dev.education [https://www.dev.education/] to talk about Javascript technologies such as ReactJS, NodeJS, MongoDB, GraphQL, Firebase among others. Carlos Santana who was

Upgrade React Native to 0.57 to fix issues with Xcode 10

Upgrade React Native to 0.57 to fix issues with Xcode 10

At this point, many of you have already experienced those awful issues with the latest version of Xcode 10 [https://developer.apple.com/xcode/] and React Native 0.56.x and this is because Xcode launched a new build system among other features that affect the build process with React

Top Dribbble designs with Gradients

Top Dribbble designs with Gradients

Dribbble [https://dribbble.com/] is that website that became the main source (at least for me) to look into a new designs, color combinations, ui kits, etc. in order to improve my skills as a front-end developer. So I was thinking to share with you some cool designs I’ve

JS.coach, a curated list of packages for React, React Native, Webpack and more

JS.coach, a curated list of packages for React, React Native, Webpack and more

Since I started with React Native, I’ve been using this very useful repository of packages because I can always see the best ones or at least take a look and see whether exists or not the package I am looking for. JS.coach [https://js.coach/] is a curated

PHP functions/extensions in JavaScript with Locutus

PHP functions/extensions in JavaScript with Locutus

Functions and extensions in programming languages are very helpful at the time we need to get a result in less amount of time or to write less code to have our project optimised. But when in your favourite programming/scripting language (JS in this case) you want to use some

Using react-native-fast-image library to avoid RAM issues

Using react-native-fast-image library to avoid RAM issues

In a recent release of a mobile app with React Native [https://facebook.github.io/react-native/], I had a serious issue regarding the RAM and actually I didn’t know it was that only after a week of developing and testing on that part. There is a global drawer with

Creating SVG sprites with Webpack using svg-sprite-loader

Creating SVG sprites with Webpack using svg-sprite-loader

I found this Webpack loader https://github.com/kisenka/svg-sprite-loader that allows you to create SVG Sprites at the time you generate your build or in development mode, so I decided to implement it in my current project. The steps are very easy to follow. Adding the svg-sprite-loader to your

Keep Skype session in Arch Linux

Keep Skype session in Arch Linux

I had a problem with Skype [https://www.skype.com/] for over 2 months that every time I opened the program, the session was instantly killed. This happened on Arch Linux startup or even when you restart Skype, so I decided to search more about this issue and apparently there

5 data visualization javascript libraries for trees and graphs

5 data visualization javascript libraries for trees and graphs

GoJS [https://gojs.net/] Is a feature-rich JavaScript library for implementing custom interactive diagrams and complex visualizations across modern web browsers and platforms. GoJS makes constructing JavaScript diagrams of complex nodes, links, and groups easy with customizable templates and layouts. SigmaJS [http://sigmajs.org/] Sigma is a JavaScript library dedicated

Review of Navicat GUI Tool for MongoDB

Review of Navicat GUI Tool for MongoDB

Choosing the best software for managing your databases always implies spend some minutes of research, that is actually what I personally do and that is how I found Navicat [https://navicat.com/]. As a full-stack engineer, I am always trying with different databases according the requirements of the project and

How to fix "Error watch ENOSPC" of React Native in Arch Linux

How to fix "Error watch ENOSPC" of React Native in Arch Linux

I’ve been recently discovering some issues with React Native development on Arch Linux and I want to share with you the way I fixed it. This time something was wrong every time I started the React Native server with react-native start and I realised that it was related to

Configure Java in Arch Linux to run a React Native application

Configure Java in Arch Linux to run a React Native application

Building applications with React Native on Linux or macOS usually need some extra configuration like setting environment variables that sometimes is not clear about where or how to put them. I am using Arch Linux in my second computer, so I decided to configure it to develop a React Native

Navicat for MongoDB

Navicat for MongoDB

Today the company PremiumSoft CyberTech Ltd. [https://www.navicat.com/en/company/aboutus] has officially launched the Navicat version for MongoDB [https://www.navicat.com/en/products/navicat-for-mongodb]! When I use Windows, I personally prefer to use Navicat rather than the GUIs for MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. because you can manage

Becoming a web developer from scratch

Becoming a web developer from scratch

Around 7 years ago, the list of technologies you needed to learn to become a Web Developer, was not that big compared to now and it was easy to choose the favourite path for it. Over the years that task has become even harder because people started to build more

Numi - the best calculator app for MacOS

Numi - the best calculator app for MacOS

I’ve been using Numi for probably 2 years and it is the only calculator app that has been covered everything I need. It is not only a simple calculator, with this one you can write your operations in a natural way, create variables, add texts as labels, convert cryptocurrencies,

3 free templates for Wordpress

3 free templates for Wordpress

These templates have a regular license so you can use them on your projects without any limitation. UniLearn – Education & Courses UniLearn is a unique and flexible Education and Courses WordPress theme, suitable for a wide variety of educational websites. UniLearn - Education and Courses WordPress Theme“UniLearn” is a

Using SSH alias for a faster connection

Using SSH alias for a faster connection

You are probably using the following command when you are trying to connect to your server through SSH ssh -i id_rsa_myserver.pub root@server.com Which is valid but if you currently manage a lot of ssh files for your different servers, at some point it will be

Awesome websites to find colour palettes

Awesome websites to find colour palettes

ColourLovers I remember using this tool many years ago because it had so many colour palettes. The way the palettes were built showed a higher percentage of certain colors, which helped me imagine how my website, design, or app would look when I used certain colours more than others. Flat

Simple Webpack starter with pug, sass, jQuery, ES6 and more

Webpack Featured

Simple Webpack starter with pug, sass, jQuery, ES6 and more

Being a freelancer always implies to cover the full requirements of the clients and at some point, one of them will request to you to build a website without any kind of JS framework (https://reactjs.org/, https://vuejs.org/, etc). That happened to me but I didn’t want

Nginx configuration for Laravel in a different port on CentOS 7

Nginx configuration for Laravel in a different port on CentOS 7

I have a DigitalOcean droplet for testing purposes and I usually deploy static websites, Node.js APIs, and Laravel projects. So in order to get Laravel and the Node.js servers working in the same droplet, I need to set a different port for each one using Nginx and FirewallD

Open ports with FirewallD on CentOS

Open ports with FirewallD on CentOS

If you are working with some services or ports that your application is using and if you are not receiving information from the server, probably it’s because your firewall is not running or doesn’t have the rules for the port you are using. Here we are going to

Instalar y configurar Django con PostgreSQL en Windows

Vamos a instalar Django y PostgreSQL para así realizar la conexión entre ellos mediante un conector especial para Windows que será el mismo psycopg. Si aún no tienes Python o Virtualenv instalado o configurado, pueden seguir éste link para realizarlo. 1. Crear un entorno virtual con virtualenv myenv 2. Inicializar