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The State of React UI libraries in 2024
As I mentioned in my last post, I've been away from React development for a while, and I'm intending on writing a web application. I'm comparing the various libraries that I can…
The State of React state management in 2024
I've been away from React development for a while. I stupidly asked what the best way to create a React app was in 2024 on the React subreddit, and found that reddit is not a…
Build a Blog: Going to production with Azure Static Web Apps
I'm almost ready to take my Static Web App to production and make it public. However, there are a few things that I want to make sure I do before going to production. This is true…
Build a Blog: Custom domains for Azure Static Web Apps
In my last post, I registered a DNS domain name and set up Azure DNS for it. I want my blog to use that domain name, so I need to set up a custom domain in Static Web Apps using…
Build a Blog: Set up DNS in Azure
Today, I'm continuing on the job of setting up a new blog. I've now got three blog posts, so that's enough for me to consider what I need to do for production. I don't have a…
Build a Blog: Deploy Azure Infrastructure three ways
For most developers, dealing with the infrastructure part of the job is hard. I like to say "give me a database and a web site" and prefer not to get into the other requirements…
Dev containers are a developers best friend
If you've ever had to rebuild or significantly upgrade your machine in the middle of a project, then you will recognize the pain. You find that some versions of your favorite…
Create an App Registration for RBAC with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph.
I'm currently working on some automation within Azure to deploy a hub-spoke web application. This web application authenticates with Entra ID using an App Registration and…
Deleting Azure resources the right way.
If you are an Azure developer, you likely spin up an application, do some work, then shut it down again. However, shutting down resources and deleting them has an order to them.…
Purge Azure API Management soft-deleted services with ease.
I work a lot with Azure API Management, which means I turn up and down services quite a few times a day. Azure API Management has an awesome feature that prevents you from…