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Storybook JS: 'Cannot GET /'

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When you run storybook locally, you might encounter the error 'Cannot GET /' when browsing to localhost:6006. (Continue reading)

How to test a custom React hook component

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As part of my GameBrowser side-project, I’m at the stage where I wanted to start improving the UI a bit. This included needing to define a way of filtering the servers in the list, because they’re all saved together at the moment. As a first attempt, I opted for a simple Dropdown control and decided to make it generic using a custom React Hook. The result was the creation of useDropdown. (Continue reading)

Basic Setup for React Projects in 2020

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I’ve seen a lot of people using project initialisation tools to create their new React projects over the years, in particular create-react-app. While I do see there are some benefits to these tools (in particular for newcomers), these tools do have their disadvantages. I cloned a repository the other day which was using create-react-app, and an npm i installed over 2000 packages! This is a hell of a lot to download just to be able to run some code locally. (Continue reading)