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.
170 articles from this blog
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.
Discusses whether the dev.to frontend codebase should adopt TypeScript or Flow for static typing, exploring community interest and options.
A developer shares their experience creating a browser extension version of Khan Academy's tota11y accessibility tool.
A technical guide exploring native HTML form elements and DOM APIs like document.forms for accessing and manipulating forms without frameworks.
Ink is a React renderer for building command-line interfaces (CLIs), bringing React components and hooks to terminal applications.
Learn how to submit your Gatsby site to the official showcase for free publicity, open-source contribution, and swag.
An overview of typescript-play, an enhanced open-source version of the official TypeScript Playground with more features and options.
Explains TypeScript's declaration merging feature with practical examples, including enhancing the global Window interface.
Introduces dom-chef, a library for building DOM elements using JSX syntax without React, highlighting its features and use cases.
A guide offering practical TypeScript tips, including migrating React apps, using unknown vs. any, and non-null assertions.
A developer shares a personal story about fixing a documentation error in an open source Gatsby plugin, emphasizing that all contributions are valuable.
Explains the CSS mask property with a practical demo for dynamically coloring SVG icons using CSS variables and JavaScript.
A developer shares career advice on taking risks, learning new technologies like React and TypeScript, and how it led to exciting roles in Barcelona and at Intel/McAfee.
Introducing scoped-style, a new CSS-in-JS library for React, Preact, Hyperapp, and InfernoJS, featuring scoped and global styling.
A developer reviews their 2018 resolutions, focusing on open source contributions, blogging, and side projects, while sharing their career move to Autodesk.
A challenge to implement a Redux store from scratch, inspired by Dan Abramov's video course on Redux fundamentals.
A guide to setting up Storybook for Preact projects, including CLI commands, webpack configuration, and replacing React dependencies.
