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Getting started with Jest

Although testing doesn’t always sound like the most enjoyable part of building applications I was happy to discover a wealth of great documentation on using Jest to test React apps. (Nothing gets me pumped up the same as great documentation…) I tried to avoid most of the blogs and focus on learning from the official docs. Here’s what I’ve digested from these resources:


Connecting a React Frontend to AWS services through Cognito

I followed this tutorial to setup Amazon Polly and Cognito. This configuration allows the frontend to interact directly with AWS services. The tutorial is pretty straightforward, but I’ve documented a few deviations here.


Getting started with MERN

I’m excited to get started building a new language learning tool with MERN, Amazon Transcribe and Amazon Polly. Here’s some of my first steps in setting up the MERN stack!


Exploring WeChat Mini Program Development

With my background in Mandarin Chinese I thought I would explore developing apps on a hugely popular platform for mainland China.


Setting up Session Cookies in a Rails API with Javascript front end

When recently building a Rails API/Javascript app i discovered that session cookies are not built into the Rails API controller. I found this guide very helpful in solving the problem but it did not contain all of the details I needed to get this functionality working.