Tim Deschryver

Merging your Playwright sharded reports into a single HTML report
September 18, 2023
Playwright v1.37 introduces a new `merge-reports` command. In this blog post we'll see how leverage this command to create a single test report from different sharded test reports. The result is one page containing all of your test results.

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Implementing a Feature Flag-based Endpoint Filter
August 24, 2023
Keep your Minimal API route handlers clean and compact by implementing a reusable feature flag-based endpoint filter.

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A cheat sheet to migrate from Moq to NSubstitute
August 14, 2023
A quick reference to help the migration from Moq to NSubstitute.

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How to globally register Injection Tokens within the Angular TestBed
August 07, 2023
Provide global Injection Tokens within the Angular TestBed once to keep your test setups simple and DRY.

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Translating Exceptions into Problem Details Responses
July 24, 2023
In this post, we'll take a look at the newly introduced IExceptionHandler in ASP.NET Core 8. We'll implement an exception handler that translates exceptions into Problem Details using the Problem Details Service. The result is a standardized and better experience for your API consumers.

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Entity framework features I wish I knew earlier
July 12, 2023
Some useful built-in Entity Framework features that I discovered along the way, which have helped me.

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Configuring angular-auth-oidc-client with the new functional APIs
July 03, 2023
Recently the angular-auth-oidc-client library (v16) introduced new APIs to configure the library in a functional way. In this blog post, I'll show you how to use them.

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Playwright API testing with zod
June 26, 2023
In this post we'll create a custom Playwright matcher to validate the shape of the response body using the zod library. This way, we make sure that the contract between the front-end application and the API is valid.

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Treat your .NET Minimal API Endpoint as the application layer
June 14, 2023
Leverage the power of Minimal APIs to treat your endpoint as the application layer. This has several benefits, but I find the biggest one being the simplicity of it.

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How the new UI mode improves the Playwright experience
May 30, 2023
I find that Playwright offers a great testing experience, and the new UI mode makes it even better. In this blog post, we'll take a look at the UI mode and see how it improves the overall experience.

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Refactor your .NET HTTP Clients to Typed HTTP Clients
May 23, 2023
A summary of why and how you should refactor your HTTP clients to the typed HTTP client version in .NET.

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Fixing Angular Standalone Components that have a circular dependency
May 15, 2023
Luckily there's a function called `forwardRef` to solve a circular dependency between two Angular Standalone Components. A use case for this is a recursive component that renders its parent component.

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Prevent a Hangfire job from running when it is already active
May 03, 2023
Concurrency in recurrent jobs can cause race condition issues. However, we can prevent such problems by queuing new jobs when the same job is still pending. This approach helps to manage the job execution and avoids issues that may arise when multiple instances of the same job are active at the same time. In this post we'll see how we can ensure that only one instance of the job is running at any given time, thus preventing conflicts and ensuring a reliable job execution.

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Let's make our SPA more secure by consuming a Duende BFF with Angular
April 24, 2023
Let's take a look at how shifting the auth responsibility from a front-end application to a Backend For Frontend (BFF) affects our Angular applications.

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The different retry APIs from Playwright
April 17, 2023
You probably already know the built-in retry mechanism for locators and matchers, but are you already familiar with the retry and polling APIs? Let's take a look at the different retry APIs that Playwright has to offer, and when to use them.

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Let's make our SPA more secure by setting up a .NET BFF with Duende and Auth0
April 11, 2023
To improve the security of our Single Page Applications, let's ditch the access tokens in the browser and make the Backend for Frontend (BFF) responsible for the authentication process using the Authorization Code flow with PKCE. To achieve this, we'll use the Duende.BFF NuGet package and let it communicate with Auth0.

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Include attachments to your Playwright report
March 28, 2023
To save us some time in the process to verify that a file is correct, let's automate the actions to download a file and add it to the Playwright test report for easy access.

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You can now return unmapped types from raw SQL select statements with Entity Framework 8
March 21, 2023
Entity Framework 8 brings a new feature allowing us to execute and return unmapped types from SQL select statements. In this blog post we'll take a quick look at how we can accomplish this, and why this is an important tool to have in your toolkit.

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Create and run Playwright test sets using tags and grep
March 13, 2023
At some point in time you'll want to run a subset of your tests. Organizing your tests with Playwright test tags helps you to do this in a clean way. Using tags allows you to target specific tests in specific scenarios, and can help to scale your pipeline(s).

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Revamped: Authentication with Playwright
March 06, 2023
Playwright (v1.31) introduces a new feature to make the authentication process easier. This approach unifies the authentication flow with the rest of the test cases, and more importantly makes it possible to test with different user roles.

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Angular standalone components and Angular Testing Library make component tests easier
February 27, 2023
Standalone components give you a better foundation to build on, as your Angular component becomes less affected by its internals. It doesn't matter if the component has its own template, or if it's using child components. This makes your test cases less brittle than before with Angular Modules. To interact with the component we're still using the Angular Testing Library because it provides useful utilities to interact and query the component.

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Invoke the Azure DevOps API from within your Azure DevOps pipeline
February 20, 2023
Using the Azure DevOps API to automatically add reviewers to an Azure DevOp Pull Request from within the CI pipeline.

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Get easy access to Angular route and query parameters with zod
February 13, 2023
Using zod's coerse method to easily access route and query parameters in Angular.

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I tried the Angular Standalone migration, and here is the result
February 06, 2023
Let's migrate an Angular application using @NgModules to the standalone API. For this task, we use the automatic schematic that's available in Angular v15.2.0-next.2. We also take a look at the manual steps that are required to fully migrate the application to use the new functional APIs.

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Improve your test experience with Playwright Soft Assertions
January 30, 2023
Take advantage of soft assertions in Playwright to improve your test experience and reduce the amount of time spent on fixing bugs. Soft assertions allow that multiple assertions can fail in a single test, rather than stopping the test execution after the first failure.

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Adding OpenTelemetry to an Angular Application
January 23, 2023
How to register the OpenTelemetry web packages to automatically create traces and send them to a backend. The result is a helpful dashboard containing insights about the Angular application.

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Consuming SQL Functions with Entity Framework
January 09, 2023
Using DbFunctions is a method to use database-specific functions in your Entity Framework queries. They allow you to take advantage of features that are specific to a particular database provider, such as SQL Server and use them in your Entity Framework queries in a provider-agnostic way. As an example, let's use the SOUNDEX SQL function.

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Using Angular Testing Library with Test Harnesses
December 19, 2022
In most cases, I write tests for Angular components without using Test Harnesses, but finding the correct element(s) is not always straightforward. Here, Test Harnesses play a part in easily finding and interacting with those components that can't be queried. Using Test Harnesses is also a good practice into keeping your tests readable and resilient to changes.

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Intercepting HTTP Requests with Playwright
November 29, 2022
Intercepting HTTP requests is a useful feature, let's take a look at how you can intercept an HTTP request with Playwright and discuss some of the possibilities.

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Assertion Scopes, the one FluentAssertions feature you didn't know you needed
November 15, 2022
A simple trick to increase your productivity and testing experience.

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You should take advantage of the improved NgRx APIs
November 09, 2022
NgRx isn't what it used to be. Take advantage of the updated APIs to improve your code base. The result is a more maintainable code base that is easier to read and navigate.

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Playwright in an Azure DevOps Pipeline
November 01, 2022
Creating a pipeline to run TypeScript Playwright tests in Azure DevOps.

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Testing localization with Playwright
October 24, 2022
Testing your translation logic and localization with Playwright

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How to disable githooks in an Azure DevOps YAML Pipeline
October 07, 2022
How to disable githooks in an Azure DevOps YAML Pipeline

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Watch out what you expose with Angular Interceptors
September 28, 2022
Your Angular Interceptor might leak sensitive data to the outside world. Here's how to prevent that.

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Using Geolocation in Playwright tests
September 26, 2022
Before the application gets access to the location of the user, the user receives a prompt asking for permission to share their location. This is not different in Playwright tests. In this blog post, we see how to handle this prompt for your Playwright tests.

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Using zod-fixture with MSW to generate mocked API responses
September 13, 2022
Did you know that you could quickly set up a mocked API with the use of zod-fixture and MSW?

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How zod-fixture can help with your test setups
September 05, 2022
Don't waste your energy and time by manually creating test fixtures, use zod-fixture to make this process a breeze.

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Keep your Playwright tests structured with steps
August 22, 2022
Leverage the Playwright test.step function to divide your tests into logical steps. These steps create a well-organized summary in the Playwright report and have the benefit that tests become more readable and easier to maintain, especially when a failed test is displayed in the Playwright report.

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New in Entity Framework 7: Bulk Operations with ExecuteDelete and ExecuteUpdate
August 16, 2022
Exploring the new `ExecuteDelete` and `ExecuteUpdate` methods that were introduced in Entity Framework.

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Using an Azure DevOps Pull Request Template to remind your team about the Definition of Done
August 12, 2022
Making the team aware of the Definition of Done each time a Pull Request is created.

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How to upload files with Playwright
August 02, 2022
Uploading files with Playwright is easy!

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Get access to the deployed Azure Static Webb App URL within your GitHub Workflow
July 27, 2022
How to run your Playwright tests against your Azure Static Web App preview environment, which is build and deployed with the Azure/static-web-apps-deploy GitHub Action.

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Exploring the new output caching middleware
July 18, 2022
Taking a closer look at the capability of the new output caching middleware in .NET 7

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Why we should verify HTTP response bodies, and why we should use zod for this
July 04, 2022
Let's explore zod together and see it can be useful to create a safer enviroment by parsing HTTP response bodies.

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.NET Debugging Tips
June 30, 2022
A collection of tips for debugging .NET applications.

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Enable shell scripts for the JetBrains Toolbox App
June 24, 2022
How to open your JetBrains IDEs that are installed via the JetBrains Toolbox directly from the command line.

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Feature Flags in .NET, from simple to more advanced
June 21, 2022
Let's implement a naive feature flag, refactor the code with the .NET Feature Management API, and to top things off, the Azure Feature Management Feature is thrown into the mix to tweak the feature flags dynamically without having an impact on the users.

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Specify your Node.js version for the Azure Static Web App GitHub Action
June 03, 2022
Learn how to specify the Node.js version for the Azure/static-web-apps-deploy GitHub action.

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Tye, starting and running multiple APIs with a single command
May 30, 2022
Using Tye to run your local development environment.

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Using Playwright test shards in combination with a job matrix to improve your CI speed
May 23, 2022
Utilizing a matrix within your GitHub workflow to create a "test shard matrix" is a major improvement to your CI. This practice can cut the time in half (or better) to run your Playwright test suite.

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How to stay up-to-date
May 03, 2022
Continuous learning is an essential part of your career, let's take a look at how you can do your best to keep growing.

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Directory.Packages.props, a solution to unify your NuGet package versions
April 18, 2022
The Consolidate view is dead, long live `Directory.Packages.props`. Use the `Directory.Packages.props` file to define your NuGet package versions in a single file.

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Proof of concept: ngx-query-state
April 04, 2022
A hassle-free way to fetch data and render the current state of the HTTP request.

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Flush state with an NgRx meta-reducer
March 29, 2022
A snippet on how to remove a specific slice within the NgRx state object.

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Trying out OData for the first time
March 21, 2022
What advantages does OData bring and why should we use it?

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Fast and easy authentication with Playwright
March 14, 2022
Using the global setup feature from Playwright to authenticate a test user and reuse its authentication state throughout your test suite.

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Use Angular directives to extend components that you don't own
March 07, 2022
Angular directives allow us to extend components without changing their internal code. This is useful to bring a consistent UX to 3rd party components. The directive can be configured to always be applicable, or can be used in an opt-in or opt-out basis.

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Writing your first Playwright test
March 01, 2022
Setting up playwright and "writing" a first test only takes a few minutes!

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TIL params inheritance strategy to always have access to parent route info
February 22, 2022
Configure the Angular router to always have access to the parent route data from within the child route.

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Be proactive when you join an Angular project
February 15, 2022
Tips to help improve the shape of an older Angular codebase.

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Single Component Angular Modules and Component Tests go hand in hand
January 31, 2022
Say no to brittle tests with SCAMs

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Writing a performant client-side filter with [hidden] and trackBy
January 24, 2022
Creating a better user experience with the hidden benefit of the hidden attribute.

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How I've set up my new Windows development environment in 2022
January 11, 2022
Configuring a new Windows machine with ease for full-stack .NET and Angular development

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Configuring Azure Application Insights in an Angular application
December 22, 2021
Creating a wrapper around the Application Insights SDK to easily consume it in an Angular application

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Testing an NgRx project
November 17, 2021
How write maintainable NgRx tests within an Angular application

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Stop misusing TypeScript type assertions
October 18, 2021
Don't create a false sense of security by overusing type assertions, instead use type annotations and return types.

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Refactor Functional Tests to support Minimal Web APIs
October 11, 2021
Some small changes that are needed to create application instances in Functional Tests for Minimal Web APIs

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The simplicity of ASP.NET Endpoints
October 05, 2021
Keepings it simple with ASP.NET Endpoints and its dependency system

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Maybe it's time to rethink our project structure with .NET 6
September 27, 2021
Challenging the status quo with some thoughts on the new .NET Minimal Web API to keep code simple

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Pattern Matching Examples in C#
September 13, 2021
Some basic and more advanced examples of pattern matching in C#.

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Building incremental views with XState Parallel States
August 24, 2021
How to load data from different sources without blocking the UI

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Solving Angular slow renders with NgRx selectors
August 15, 2021
Prepare your (view)models before they reach the component to make them faster and easier to render.

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Using the .NET CLI to restore packages from a private NuGet feed
July 25, 2021
A fix for "Response status code does not indicate success: 401 (Unauthorized)"

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Reduce memory usage of .NET services on a single machine
July 22, 2021
A snippet on how to configure your project to reduce its memory consumption when multiple services are hosted on one server.

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Prevent a .NET API from adding cache headers to unsuccessful requests
July 19, 2021
Implementing custom cache middleware to prevent non-200 responses from being cached by a client

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Getting the most value out of your Angular Component Tests
July 06, 2021
How I write my Angular Component Tests with the Angular Testing Library.

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Why I stopped worrying about test setups by using AutoFixture
June 21, 2021
A model is always changing, but that shouldn't be the concern of your tests

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How to patch an HTTP Response with Cypress
June 08, 2021
A brief post on how to patch a part of an incoming HTTP response

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How to set up a dynamic CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
May 25, 2021
Learn how to create a single workflow that runs on multiple environments with conditional steps

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Automagically optimize your images with Squoosh
May 17, 2021
Minify images as a pre-commit step with Squoosh, husky, and lint-staged

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Environment variables with SvelteKit
April 26, 2021
A simple workaround to use environment variables in SvelteKit

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A generic Angular template-driven validator
April 14, 2021
One validator to rule them all

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A practical guide to Angular Template-Driven Forms
March 10, 2021
The things I looked up while learning the template-driven way

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A new way to validate Angular Forms
February 25, 2021
Adding a layer on top of the Angular Forms API to declare useful and readable form validators

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Argument of type 'interface' is not assignable to parameter of type 'interface'
February 09, 2021
A peculiar TypeScript error at compile time and how to solve it

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Creating a new C# API: Validate incoming requests
January 22, 2021
Clean validation with MediatR, FluentValidation and the Problem Detail specification

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Faster SQL Bulk Inserts With C#
January 06, 2021
Using SQL Bulk Copy to have a huge performance gain

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Preload lazy-loaded modules based on user roles
November 30, 2020
Let's create a custom Angular preload strategy that loads all modules for the authenticated user

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Nested NgRx Entity State
November 16, 2020
How to manage nested state with multiple NgRx entity adapters.

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Process your list in parallel to make it faster in .NET
November 02, 2020
Lessons learned while refactoring a process to make a migration from one system to another system faster

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Auto-focus a form control with an Angular directive
October 19, 2020
Give auto-focus to form controls with just a few lines of code

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How to make your Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline faster
October 12, 2020
Make your CI/CD pipeline smarter and only build (and release) what's modified to optimize a run

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Finding that C# memory leak
September 21, 2020
Tracking the cause of my first memory leak written in C# (that I know of)

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The benefits of adding rx-query to your Angular project
September 07, 2020
Highlighting the functional and technical advantages by using rx-query

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Making your application feel faster by prefetching data with NgRx
August 31, 2020
Utilize the NgRx Global Store cache to persist data before it's shown

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Getting to know SQL Server Extended Events
August 17, 2020
How to convert your SQL Profiler template to an XEvent template.

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SQL Server Profiler, underused and undervalued
August 11, 2020
How to use the SQL Server Profiler as a utility knife to get a better understanding of your system.

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A use case for the RxJS expand operator
July 27, 2020
How I used the expand operator to create a retry functionality in rx-query.

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Show stacktrace when dotnet core API doesn't start
July 22, 2020
A snippet on how to get a stacktrace when a .NET Api fails to start.

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Testing RxJS streams with rxjs-for-await
July 21, 2020
How does rxjs-for-await compare to other approaches when it comes to testing RxJS streams, and what I like about these tests.

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Using MSW (Mock Service Worker) in an Angular project
June 15, 2020
Using MSW to mock your server in an Angular project

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Why writing integration tests on a C# API is a productivity booster
June 08, 2020
Time-consuming tasks that can be prevented with integration tests.

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Making sure you're using the correct query
June 01, 2020
Keeping your Angular Testing Library tests maintainable by using its new features.

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Polling with a NgRx Effect
May 25, 2020
A snippet on how to poll a service by using a NgRx Effect.

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Consistency over motivation
May 25, 2020
Eliminate motivation as a factor to get things done, find your rhythm, and just (start to) do.

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The initial developer experience while trying out Deno for the first time
May 18, 2020
Some notes from my first experience with Deno while writing a minimal API server.

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Don't commit focused tests
May 10, 2020
Prevent an accidental commit by using a linter.

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TIL: URLSearchParams
May 03, 2020
From my experience dealing with query strings was harder than it should be. But with URLSearchParams and URL it's actually pretty easy to do!

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An experiment, using the global NgRx Store as a local store
April 27, 2020
Getting to know the internals of NgRx to make a local component store happen.

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I like my components big
April 20, 2020
Creating sub-components comes with a cost. So what do I think of before creating a new component, because if a component passes the x lines of code isn't a valid reason.

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The difference between the canActivate and canActivateChild guards
April 13, 2020
How do the canActivate and canActivateChild guards work in Angular and how to these guards compare?

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Migrating a TSLint Rule to ESLint with @typescript-eslint
April 06, 2020
The most important pointers you need to know before migrating your TSLint rules to ESLint rules.

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How to not create your RxJS Observables
March 30, 2020
Do not reassign an Observable, instead wrap it in another Observable.

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How to test your C# Web API
March 23, 2020
How to use functional testing to have confidence in the code you ship.

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Generated tests with XState and Cypress
March 16, 2020
Let's explore how we can stop writing tests and at the same time be more confident in the code we write. We do this by using the new XState test package, in combination with Cypress and Testing Library.

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Make your C# applications faster with LINQ joins
March 09, 2020
If you don't watch out your C# application might suddenly perform badly. As a solution, we can limit the number of operations with a LINQ Join.

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Setting up Cypress with axe for accessibility
March 02, 2020
Having an accessible website is important. With the combination of Cypress and axe you can verify that your website is accessible, with only 2 extra lines of code.

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Flagged enum, why and how
February 24, 2020
Let's take a look at what a flagged enum is and when these can be handy

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Unlocking reactivity with Svelte and RxJS
February 17, 2020
I keep being surprised by how reactive Svelte feels. In this article, we take a glance at the Svelte internals to see how Svelte accomplishes this. This is important if we want to use RxJS in Svelte.

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Help Angular to make your application faster
February 03, 2020
Learn what we did to make our Angular application snappier.

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Destructure an object to remove a property
January 28, 2020
A snippet on use destructuring to remove a property from an object in an immutable way.

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How to test Svelte components
January 26, 2020
Writing Svelte component tests with the Svelte Testing Library is simple. Let's take a look at the setup to get you started!

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Print CSS with Angular
January 19, 2020
If you're using Angular, there's a good chance that you're using a component-based architecture. We can use this architecture to our advantage. Instead of creating one big print stylesheet with some selectors, which becomes unmanageable complex when you have to support multiple printable pages. We can move some of the layout back to the components.

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NgRx creator functions 101
January 13, 2020
The createAction creator function opened opportunities in the NgRx world. With it came two other creator functions, createReducer and createEffect. Let's take a look at what's so special about it and why it's important.

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Managing different slices of the same NgRx state
January 06, 2020
In this article, we'll iterate over an implementation to introduce multiple independent instances of a NgRx store slice. In an application, these instances can be represented by a tab-like interface. To come to a solution we'll use the Angular Router, NgRx Effects, and NgRx Router Store. We'll also see meta-reducers, helper reducer functions, and smart and dumb components.

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Multiple service calls from an Effect
December 18, 2019
A snippet on how to invoke multiple service calls within a single NgRx Effect.

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Google Maps is now an Angular component
November 03, 2019
The Angular Component pearl-lullaby (v9.0.0-rc.0) release introduces the second official @angular/component component, a Google Maps component. In this post, we take a look at getting started with the Google Maps component.

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Use the new Angular Clipboard CDK to interact with the clipboard
October 28, 2019
The new Angular Material release brings us a new CDK clipboard module to interact with the clipboard. In this post, we'll explore how to use the new Clipboard CDK by going over some examples.

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Reseed your database with Cypress
October 14, 2019
By using a Cypress task it's possible to run code JavaScript code in Node.js. We can leverage this API to reseed a database with data we're in control of. Having control over the data allows us to write specific and isolated scenarios to run tests against.

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Good testing practices with 🦔 Angular Testing Library
October 03, 2019
The Angular Testing Library provides utility functions to interact with Angular components, in the same way as a user would. This brings more maintainability to our tests, gives us more confidence that our component does what it's supposed to do, and it improves the accessibility which is better for our users. All these benefits, plus you'll see that it's fun to write tests in this way.

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Guarding your Angular modules 💂‍
September 16, 2019
A lot of Angular modules need to be imported with a static forRoot() function, via this function it allows us to configure the module. But sometimes we make the mistake to use the forRoot function more than once throughout an application. We might not notice it when this happens but often it is the cause of unexpected behavior, which is sadly hard to debug. In this post, we'll look into a solution.

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A little trick with Angular forms and directives 🃏
July 29, 2019
Imagine having a form that you want to use at multiple places inside your application. The form will have the same layout but the validation will be different. In our case, this form is used in a procedure and in each step of the procedure the form gets more restrictive. Can you keep it DRY? We had this problem and came up with the following solution.

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My love letter to XState and statecharts ♥
July 08, 2019
I discovered XState a year ago, I already had encountered state machines and statecharts before but I missed the point. Now a year further, I'm here to tell you that these are worth looking into and that XState is a the library to get you started. For me, the most important points to use XState or statecharts would be that it's declarative and explicit, it's hard to create invalid state. The nice extra's that you get with it, is the tooling around it and the portability across frameworks.

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Don't miss out on css variables
July 01, 2019
At first when I heard of css variables, I was a bit skeptical. Why would anyone use it if there are extension languages as scss, sass, less and stylus. After several years, I stated to notice more and more peoples using it, writing about it and talking about it. I was missing out on something... After a while of using it, I was hooked.

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Writing a dev.to blog post with VSCode
June 12, 2019
Writing and publishing a dev.to blog post directly within VSCode

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Reading Code Coverage
June 02, 2019
An intro to code coverage, how to read it, and how to make use of it in your workflow.

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Build once deploy to multiple environments 🚀
May 20, 2019
In our quest to build a twelve-factor app where we build once and deploy to multiple environment we encountered some problems, but we managed to solve them. Read here how we did it.

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Jump start your developer career with these 13 tips
May 14, 2019
I believe that to become a better engineer it all comes down to practice, practice and more practice. Especially when you just started your career. The problem is that when you're just getting started, there is much more to it than just writing lines of code.

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Working with Angular forms in an enterprise environment
April 23, 2019
At our company, we struggled with Angular Forms at the start. This is because we dived in head first, without talking about how we would want to use it throughout our projects. This post shows how we're currently using Angular Forms to be more productive.

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Social media cards with Vue and Gridsome
April 15, 2019
It's easy to create metadata tags with Gridsome, I was so happy with it that I wanted to write this post 😃. There is also a page in the docs on how to create metadata tags, but let's translate the theory into a real world example.

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Common and easy-to-make mistakes when you’re new to NgRx
March 04, 2019
Writing and refactoring FizzBuzz in NgRx with maintainability in mind

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Bending TSLint to your needs
January 10, 2019
Using the power of TSLint in an unconventional way to create rxjs-operator-counter.

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Keeping browser tabs in sync using localStorage, NgRx, and RxJS
December 03, 2018
We’re going to take a look at how we can keep the state in sync when a user has multiple tabs open.

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Semantically release your Angular library
October 22, 2018
I’m taking you along in my journey towards a fully automated process for releasing a library! Using CircleCI and the semantic-release.

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Test for accessibility and help millions of people
October 11, 2018
Essential tools for maximum accessibility

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Exploring Drag and Drop with the new Angular Material CDK
October 04, 2018
Drag and Drop is a new feature in the new Angular Material CDK. Let’s explore it together!

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Sharing NgRx state between Angular modules is peanuts
September 10, 2018
A dive into NgRx selectors

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Integrate Jest into an Angular application and library
August 15, 2018
Follow me in this play-by-play guide and let's integrate Jest within your Angular project!

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Let's have a chat about Actions and Action Creators within NgRx
July 30, 2018
I think it's time you and I talk a bit about action creators. But before we get into action creators let's first start with actions.

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Start using ngrx/effects for this
July 09, 2018
You're probably only using ngrx/effects to handle the communication to an external source by triggering an effect with a NgRx action. But you can do more.

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How I test my NgRx selectors
June 25, 2018
Let us explore which methods I'm using to test my NgRx selectors.

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Introducing ngx-testing-library
June 18, 2018
An adapter around dom-testing-library to provide lightweight utility functions to test Angular components.

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Simple state mutations in NGXS with Immer
June 07, 2018
A follow-up post of "Clean NgRx reducers using Immer". But this time we're using NGXS as our state management library.

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Clean NgRx reducers using Immer
June 04, 2018
Declutter your reducers with Immer

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Data synchronization in multiple clients
May 28, 2018
Often when working with a CRUD heavy application you find yourself or someone else asking the question, what should be done when multiple users are using the same screens at the same time.

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ng update: the setup
May 21, 2018
Within 5 minutes you can automagically have your library upgraded when a user runs the ng update command.

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Required @Input() properties
May 14, 2018
How to create required input parameters

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Parameterized NgRx Selectors
May 07, 2018
NgRx Selectors with Props

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Normalizing state
April 30, 2018
A quick look at state normalization.

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