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redux-observable is epic, goodbye redux-thunk and axios
Redux-observable is alternative way of performing async operations in JavaScript applications that use redux, apart from redux-thunk. And certainly more awesome. It uses RxJS underneath which I already wrote about briefly. Apart from bringing the power of functional reactive programming into my application I also see it as a way to better structure my application…
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Functional programming
2016 was the year my understanding and appreciation for functional programming grew big time. Functional programming (FP for short) is a programming model old as programming but its popularity gained traction only a couple of years ago. According to Wikipedia, it’s “a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs—that treats computation as…
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Captain Fantastic
I loved Captain Fantastic, a movie about a single father who is raising and home-schooling his 6 kids of various age outside of reach from modern way of living which he thinks only makes people stupid. Story is happening when his wife commits suicide after struggling with her mental illness. He is forced to return…
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On using Immutable.js
I’ve been using Immutable.js for quite some time in my non-trivial React/Redux projects and it has been paying off. Beside Redux’s requirement of never mutating its state, the library provides other relevant features that were a deciding factor for me to start using it. This article explains very well, what immutability is, why it is…