Leigh Halliday

Leigh Halliday is a full-stack developer specializing in React and Ruby on Rails. He works for FlipGive, writes on his blog, and regularly posts coding tutorials on YouTube.

Web Developer Central JavaScript
Forms in React

Forms in React come down to 3 things: Data, Validations, and Submission. See how to handle these yourself or using Formik to make things simpler.

by Leigh Halliday

September 05, 2019 Share
Developer Central Mobile Web JavaScript
Maps in React

Knowing the similarities and differences between Google Maps and MapBox within a React app will help you pick the right tool for the job. This article compares and contrasts these two popular libraries, getting you up and running with whichever one you choose.

by Leigh Halliday

August 20, 2019 Share
Developer Central JavaScript
Mocking and Testing GraphQL in React

Having fast and consistent results is vital to testing effectively. Working with and testing your React components that use GraphQL queries is no exception. In this article, we'll explore both static and dynamic mocking options.

by Leigh Halliday

July 31, 2019 Share
Web Developer Central JavaScript
IndexedDB—A Database in the Browser (Part 2)

When localStorage and cookies reach their limits, when their thread blocking nature slow your app down, it's time to reach for IndexDB. But why live with the low-level API that can be clumsy to get the hang of? Reach for PouchDB and start taking advantage of this asynchronous, performant browser storage today.

by Leigh Halliday

May 10, 2019 Share
Web Developer Central JavaScript
Storage Options in the Browser (Part 1)

Should you use localStorage or cookies to store your authentication token? What are the tradeoffs to each approach and how can you tie them all together? Did you know that localStorage can even be used to synchronize logout across multiple tabs?

by Leigh Halliday

May 07, 2019 Share

Technologies

Topics

Latest Stories
in Your Inbox

Subscribe to be the first to get our expert-written articles and tutorials for developers!

Country

State/Province

Blog

Leigh Halliday

Forms in React

Maps in React

Mocking and Testing GraphQL in React

IndexedDB—A Database in the Browser (Part 2)

Storage Options in the Browser (Part 1)

Technologies

Topics

Latest Stories
in Your Inbox

Follow us

Most Popular

Leigh Halliday

Forms in React

Maps in React

Mocking and Testing GraphQL in React

IndexedDB—A Database in the Browser (Part 2)

Storage Options in the Browser (Part 1)

Technologies

Topics

Latest Stories in Your Inbox

Follow us

Most Popular

Latest Stories
in Your Inbox