Juan Cruz Martinez I'm an entrepreneur, developer, author, speaker, YouTuber, and doer of things.

Stories by Juan Cruz Martinez

How And When To Force A React Component To Re-Render

How and when to force a React component to re-render

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React automatically re-renders components, but what happens when a component is not updating as expected? Find out what you can do here.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Oct 13, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read
The Best Node.js Web Scrapers For Your Use Case

The best Node.js web scrapers for your use case

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Discover some of the best Node.js web scraping libraries, including Axios and Superagent, and techniques for how to use them.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Jul 20, 2023 ⋅ 7 min read
Getting Started React Typescript

Getting started with Create React App and TypeScript

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JavaScript is not typed, meaning you can’t assign a data type to a variable, but JavaScript still understands the difference between a number, a string, and an object

Juan Cruz Martinez
Nov 15, 2022 ⋅ 9 min read
Testing React Apps Jest React Testing Library

React app testing: Jest and React Testing Library

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Learn how to test React applications with Jest and React Testing Library, a popular combination and official recommendation from React.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Mar 16, 2022 ⋅ 11 min read
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Integrating Firebase authentication into an Expo mobile app

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In this tutorial, you can learn how to build a mobile application with Expo that will integrate with the Firebase authentication module.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Jan 14, 2022 ⋅ 12 min read
Pollen vs Tailwindcss

Pollen vs. Tailwind CSS: Finding the better build experience

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To make an informed decision about which framework to use in your next project, check out this comparison of Pollen and Tailwind CSS.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Dec 1, 2021 ⋅ 5 min read
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Commitlint: Write more organized code

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Make your life easier as a developer by using commitlint to format, standardize, and organize code and messages.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Oct 19, 2021 ⋅ 4 min read
Creating A Chrome Extension With React And TypeScript

Creating a Chrome extension with React and TypeScript

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Learn how Chrome extensions work and communicate, then see how to build one using the full power of React and TypeScript.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Aug 12, 2021 ⋅ 10 min read
Refactoring cascading conditionals in favor of readability

Refactoring cascading conditionals in favor of readability

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Review the ways you can refactor your wordy and confusing cascading if/else if and switch statements in JavaScript with this tutorial.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Jun 17, 2021 ⋅ 4 min read
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So you think you should stop using React? Here’s why you’re wrong

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React has been around for a while, but it has a great future ahead. Here’s why you should use it in your projects.

Juan Cruz Martinez
Jan 26, 2021 ⋅ 4 min read