Ben Kinsey | Sr. UI Developer
Ben Kinsey is a Sr. UI Developer at XTIVIA with extensive experience focused on all aspects of web application technologies. Additionally, he has taught full stack web development at a coding bootcamp.
Ben Kinsey
Sr. UI Developer
Ben Kinsey is a Sr. UI Developer at XTIVIA with extensive experience focused on all aspects of web application technologies. Additionally, he has taught full stack web development at a coding bootcamp.
GraphQL and Urql for a NextJs/Strapi stack
All code for this blog post can be found at https://github.com/bkinsey808/nx-next-strapi. The Case for GraphQL GraphQL is rapidly growing in popularity as an API alternative to REST. GraphQL is self-documenting to a large extent and allows a client to efficiently... read more
Webpack Bundle Analyzer with Nx and React
All code for this blog post can be found at https://github.com/bkinsey808/nx-graphql-fullstack. Why care about bundle size? Bundle size, especially initial bundle size, is an important metric which determines not only how fast your web app will load, but even,... read more
Custom Material UI Select Component with React Hook Form v7 and Typescript
It’s not easy or obvious how to build a custom Material UI select component and make it work with React Hook Form (RHF). It’s a shame, because RHF is a small dependency, with a modern React hook-centric API, that brings to the table better form performance... read more
Best Practices for Testing a React/Redux Toolkit App
In this blog post, we focus on testing React/Redux apps with the Visual Studio Code editor. The following repo is a companion to our blog post. There are many opinions about what constitutes best practices when it comes to building and testing app and there are many schools of thought about best testing practices…
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Advanced linting with Create React App, Typescript, and ESLint
Front End web development is notorious for technology churn. The reality is that Front-End developers come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Without special care, a medium to large-sized project can rapidly devolve into a hodge-podge of different... read more