Stray Musings in Computation
Hey, internet! I’ve recently been writing all my stuff on my Gatsby site, as I enjoy writing in markdown much more than in an editor. it’s here: https://panzerstadt.github.io/prng/ I plan to keep grasshopper stuff on this blog and will slowly move all the programming related bits to the new site (it’s got a slick search function too, … Continue reading blog moved
Written on Nov 2018. 2 parts. the conversation part and the running-a-program part. 2 parts. the conversation part and the running-a-program part. Part 1 : say something go here: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/console create skill > create custom skill > start from scratch > name your skill (something you call over alexa, like ‘launch My Lunch App’) Invocation … Continue reading setting up an Alexa skill
we have a bunch of stuff. we want to pass it into our functions to use (ES6). here are three ways to do it. note that method 3 (cFunction) will give you the variable right then and there, without needing you to call the input (props) and assign it to a variable. and how do … Continue reading JS: passing properties into functions
What’s it for? a method to bypass prop drilling. to fully share state in your react apps between components and be able to change state from within a child component, refer to this great tutorial. you can only pass things through a prop called ‘value’, not anything else ( but you can put anything inside … Continue reading React Context API + React Hooks
this is a think (i just made this up for comparison) think = function = that normal function call this is a thunk thunk = it is a function returned by another function According to Eric Raymond, the inventors of the thunk coined the term “after they realized (in the wee hours after hours of … Continue reading thunks
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TLDR passing data from Parent => Child and Child => Parent both require the Parent to pass something to the Child To pass data from Parent to Child, pass props from Parent to Child. then in the Child Component’s this.props you can find that data under the variable you specified. To pass data from Child to Parent, … Continue reading ELI5 React: passing data between components
I recently had to turn my GKE app from http to https, and tried to to it manually… it was a real handful. here are some of the OTHER (way faster) options I tried along the way, as well as some things to look out for when deploying to these services. *code below is tested … Continue reading what I learnt from deploying dockerfiles to Heroku and Google App Engine
title inspiration: Using % and .format() for great good! this container thing better be worth it… I just spent an inordinate amount of time on the last tutorial. it’s good for you, most probably. I don’t wanna do this myself. can’t heroku or google app engine just do it for me? yes it can. bonus: it serves you https, which you … Continue reading deploying docker containers for great good!
title inspiration: Using % and .format() for great good! huh? template. lets you run apps in containers. before you start reading this know how to use a terminal / command prompt. have install docker on your pc / mac. the short of it* make app with flask (or django i guess) write dockerfile run profit (look ma, no magic ??? … Continue reading running docker containers for great good!
PseudoRandom Nonsense Generator 