In the latest episode of Next Level, Zach has the pleasure of chatting with Tom Hill, Engineering Director at Corsearch, about his career journey and insights into tech leadership. Key takeaways for this week’s episode include… Non-Linear Career Paths: Tom shares his non-traditional journey into tech, starting as a creative and transitioning through various roles, including graphic design and UX/UI …
React’s Unique Looping Tool For Beginners
In the post, I’ll be talking more about the map() function – how it differs from other common loops, exploring its optional second parameter, using mapping in the return statement, and tracking with keys. By the end, I hope you’ll have a clearer understanding of how the map() function can be useful in your React projects.
Please note, this post is geared toward React beginners and new coders. Veteran users may not glean as much from the content.
Code Tutorial: Integrating Avaya Agent For Desktop With React And SignalR
Keyhole Software gives readers an in-depth code walkthrough and tutorial for how to integrate Avaya Agent for Desktop using React and SignalR.
This integration allows the web-based application to asynchronously receive information about an inbound call, which enriches agents’ experiences and protects against context switching and double documenting. As for technology, AAfD (Avaya Agent for Desktop) is used as the softphone, React as the library to compose the SPA (Single Page Application), and SignalR as the bi-directional message hub.
The hypothetical scenario in this tutorial can be extended to many other use cases where there needs to be coordination between disparate systems, with an end user’s web browser being informed of the traffic without needing to do any long polling or other methodologies.
Asynchronous data flow is useful to many different business verticles, and SignalR is a powerful tool that will likely become a larger part of the custom Application Development enterprise ecosystem in years to come.
Jamstack: Azure Serverless Function App With React
A new trend of creating applications is emerging called Jamstack. No, this isn’t slapping together your favorite flavor of jelly (grape is the best) with peanut butter and two pieces of bread. The intent is an architecture that is faster, more secure, and easier to scale. It focuses on pre-rending and decoupling. This way, the solutions created are more reliable and resilient than before.
Pre-rendering comes by the way of using a static website via a CDN for high availability and security. No more serving your React app via web server like we’ve become accustomed to. It reduces cost and complexity by eliminating the regular maintenance and configuration of traditional servers.
Also, the idea of APIs and the ability to move them to things like Serverless functions creates more cost savings, elimination of traditional servers, and use of features only when they are requested. For more information, check out the Serverless website.
React and Recoil for State Management
In this blog, I’ll focus on one tool you might use for State Management, Recoil. First, we’ll look at why State Management is an effective strategy in general. Then, we’ll turn our attention to Recoil, and finally, we’ll dive head first into a demo. By the end, you should have all the tools necessary to begin using Recoil on your own!
