Nick Taylor (nickytonline) is a Microsoft MVP, GitHub Star, and Developer Advocate with over 20 years in tech and a decade of open-source contributions. He shares practical insights through blogging, live streaming, and community-driven developer education.
166 articles from this blog
A software developer uses a personal story about walking in high heels to illustrate the importance of seeing the 'big picture' when implementing features.
A developer discusses overcoming the fear of writing about 'obvious' tech topics, arguing that sharing knowledge benefits everyone.
A developer documents a live coding session where a Preact class component was converted to a function component using React hooks like useState and useReducer.
A developer invites others to join live coding pairing sessions on Twitch, focusing on frontend issues for the DEV platform.
A technical changelog detailing the frontend upgrades at DEV, including migration to Preact X and adoption of Testing Library with a11y testing.
The author details integrating and reviving Storybook for DEV's design system, enabling component development and deployment via Netlify.
DEV platform improves comment subscription visibility, making it easier to follow discussions on posts.
A developer shares their experience using DEV as a headless CMS for a Gatsby site via Stackbit, discussing setup, benefits, and drawbacks.
A developer shares their experience starting live coding on Twitch, including setup with OBS Studio and technical tips for streaming.
DEV upgraded its frontend infrastructure from Webpacker 3/Babel 6 to Webpacker 4/Babel 7, enabling faster builds and new tooling.
Nick Taylor announces he is joining the DEV team as a senior software developer, focusing on frontend development and community interaction.
Introduces Pock, a utility that moves the Mac Dock to the Touch Bar, making it more useful for app switching and notification checks.
A curated list of free and open-source tools, courses, and resources for frontend developers in 2020, covering hosting, accessibility, and learning.
A developer's 2019 year in review, focusing on open-source contributions to projects like Gatsby, TypeScript, and DEV.
A developer's hands-on review of the new Microsoft Edge Beta browser on macOS, covering installation, extensions, sync, and encountered bugs.
Explains how to conditionally apply CSS classes in React using JavaScript template literals instead of the popular classnames package.
A developer shares their Hacktoberfest 2019 contributions, including pull requests merged for DEV.to and the Storybook learning site.
A developer shares their personal collection of useful shell aliases for zsh, including commands for npm, yarn, and system tasks.
A guide to automating dependency updates using Dependabot, Cypress for end-to-end testing, and Netlify for CI/CD in a JavaScript/Gatsby project.
An overview of dev.to's frontend architecture, covering its vanilla JS codebase and modern Preact components managed with webpacker.
