ErrorBoundaries, Hooks & Class based components
Use higher order component to consume a hook in a react class based component…
React Context API & Redux - Which and Why?
A look at the React Context API and why I decided against it and used Redux on a recent client project…
Windows Terminal
Settings for Windows Terminal…
Visual Studio Code with React
Install VS Code from scratch and set up for web development using React…
AutoRest
The Azure team have put together this really great tool - called AutoRest - that can generate a client library for a Rest based API using a Swagger document. Fire up a command prompt, pass AutoRest.exe some parameters and like magic you have an instant library in your language…
Format Date based on User's Locale in a UWP App
Another app I was working on recently needed to fetch the current date but also be in the correct format depending on the location settings found in Settings -> Time & Language -> Region & Language -> Country or region in Windows 10. The following code did…
TripleDES Encryption in WinRT
A recent Universal Windows Store app I was working on needed a way to encrypt/decrypt data on the device. After looking around I couldn't find the code I was looking for, so I crafted a bit of a helper class and I am including it here to help anybody…