Dillion Megida is an Internal Developer Advocate at Adyen, creating practical web development courses and tools while focusing on developer experience, automation, CI/CD, and documentation workflows.
104 articles from this blog
Explains the JavaScript debouncing technique to optimize performance by delaying function calls, with practical code examples.
Learn how to cancel API requests in JavaScript using the AbortController interface with fetch and axios to improve performance.
A guide to 10 essential JavaScript string methods like split(), replace(), and includes() with syntax and examples.
Explains why using the delete operator to remove items from a JavaScript array is problematic and recommends using splice instead.
A detailed guide explaining the differences between CSS position properties: static, relative, absolute, fixed, and sticky.
A tutorial on building a Gmail Spaces clone using React and the Stream Chat SDK, covering authentication, state management, and UI customization.
Explains why JSX expressions in React must have a single parent element, detailing the underlying JavaScript translation and React.createElement method.
Interview with a junior developer on how he landed his first full-time job, including tips on networking, applications, and balancing work.
A developer shares his journey and interviews others about landing their first junior developer jobs, offering tips on persistence and feedback.
Explains canonical links in HTML for SEO, preventing duplicate content issues and guiding search engines to the preferred page.
Explains the importance of cleaning up side effects like API calls and WebSockets in React's useEffect hook to prevent memory leaks and errors.
A beginner-friendly guide explaining TypeScript Generics, covering their syntax, purpose, and a practical use case for writing reusable, type-safe code.
Explains the differences between ng-container and ng-template in Angular, including their purposes and practical use cases with code examples.
A tutorial on using Git's cherry-pick command to move a commit from an incorrect branch to the correct one, preventing duplicate work.
Explains the purpose and usage of the second 'replacer' argument in JavaScript's JSON.stringify() method.
Explains the key differences between Subject and BehaviorSubject in Angular, focusing on subscription behavior and initial value handling.
A guide on using CSS media queries and custom properties (variables) together to create more manageable and maintainable responsive web designs.
An explanation of RSS Feeds, their purpose, and how they simplify following multiple blogs or content sources in one place.
Explains how to use the minus (-) sign in Git as a shortcut to refer to and switch back to the previously checked-out branch.
Author announces their new role as a Frontend Developer Advocate at Stream, sharing their excitement and goals for the position.
