by Lukas Ruebbelke | Feb 22, 2017 | Angular 2, Programming
Testing a Component Writing unit tests is very much like flossing. We all agree that we should floss (and write tests) but it is really easy to deprioritize given the general level of discomfort that comes with it. Angular takes the edge off of the proposition of...
by Lukas Ruebbelke | Nov 15, 2016 | Programming
Intro I am a huge fan of the simplicity and power that redux brings when dealing with state management and communication. Redux, as a software pattern, gives us a single place to store our application state (the store) and a single place to mutate our application...
by Lukas Ruebbelke | Oct 21, 2016 | Programming
The Observable stream is a very scary subject (pun intended) in the frontend universe. Many developers have heard of them, and about how awesome they are, but get totally overwhelmed swimming in the sea of RxJS operators. I recommend that new developers set the RxJS...
by Lukas Ruebbelke | Oct 11, 2016 | Angular 2, Programming
Intro I am generally a positive person that endeavors to say nice things about people and frameworks. In the broadest sense, I love Angular, and it has been an amazing tool to build some really cool things. Angular 2 has exceeded my expectations in a lot of ways. But!...
by Lukas Ruebbelke | Oct 11, 2016 | Angular 2, AngularJS, Programming
Intro Angular 2 ushered in the apocalypse when it was announced a few years ago and it looked nothing like the current version of Angular 1.x we were using. The initial gap between the two versions seemed to be like standing on opposite sides of a canyon with the...
by Lukas Ruebbelke | Oct 2, 2016 | Angular 2, Firebase, Programming
Intro Here are the presentation slides and code samples from my talk at Angular Connect 2016. Code samples are below and feedback is welcome. Some of the examples, especially the game is demo quality only and I quite possibly did some very silly things in there. The...