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Why You Should Be Using TransferState (& Scully) to Cache Your API Calls in Angular
May 22, 2020
Learn how to improve Angular app performance and user experience by caching calls to your API using Angular TransferState and useScullyTransferState.
Understanding Multicasting Observables in Angular
May 21, 2020
How to Multicast Observables in Angular
Rendering Static Pages from Dynamic Routes in Angular with Scully
May 13, 2020
Learn how to server side render an Angular application with routes using Scully.
Nested Angular Reactive Forms
October 11, 2019
How to create manageable Angular reactive forms in a variety of situations: creating nested and re-usable form components and forms across multiple routes using the ControlContainer class.
Angular ControlContainer for Forms Several Ways: Reactive, Nested, Across Routes
October 11, 2019
How to create manageable Angular reactive forms in a variety of situations: creating nested and re-usable form components and forms across multiple routes using the ControlContainer class.
Testing Forms Using the CVA
September 10, 2019
How to test Angular forms with components implementing Control Value Accessor Interface.
Testing Loading States using RxJS operators
September 05, 2019
How to test a component with a loading state using RxJS operators and the async pipe
Testing Loading States using RxJS operators
September 05, 2019
How to test a component with a loading state using RxJS operators and the async pipe
Paella de Casa Wadella
August 07, 2019
This post was inspired by an incident my friends and I now refer to as #chorizogate. After various requests on twitter, here is how I cook paella.
Understanding Angular's Control Value Accessor Interface
July 31, 2019
How to use Angular's Control Value Accessor Interface to conquer all Angular form problems.
7 Mistakes to Avoid When Moving from AngularJS to Angular
July 08, 2019
Are you moving from writing AngularJS applications to Angular ones? There's a lot to learn, but check out this quick guide on mistakes to avoid first!
How Calendly Helps Me Make Tech More Accessible for Women
July 01, 2019
How did you find a mentor? It's not easy, especially as a woman in tech, but Calendly helps make it just a little bit easier.
7 Mistakes to Avoid When Moving From AngularJS to Angular
June 21, 2019
Are you moving from writing AngularJS to Angular apps? There's a lot to learn, but check out this quick guide on mistakes to avoid first!
Community Organizing: How to Run Great Events
May 14, 2019
Typically the main part of communities is the events put on by the organization. This is the guide to running great events that your attendees, volunteers, and sponsors will love.
Key TypeScript and RxJS Concepts for Getting Started with Angular
April 29, 2019
So you've just been handed an Angular project and are trying to figure out how to get up to speed on Angular AND TypeScript AND RxJS. Take a deep breath, it's going to be ok! Here's a quick crash course to key TypeScript and RxJS concepts you need to know to get started ASAP.
Onboard Your Team Faster With Custom Snippets!
April 11, 2019
Custom code snippets are a great way to quickly onboard new team members and help them navigate your reusable components better cause my snippets bring all the boys to the yard.
Community Organizing: How to Build a Volunteer Team
April 09, 2019
Learn how to build awesome volunteer teams to execute on your organizations mission.
Community Organizing Series Intro
April 05, 2019
This is the introduction to my community organizing series, a guide for those want to run amazing meetups, user groups, workshops, conferences, and communities (and not burn themselves out).
Managing Nested and Dynamic Forms in Angular
April 04, 2019
Learn how to use FormArray to dynamically add and remove FormGroups and FormControls in reactive forms.
There Are No Snow Days When You Work Remote
April 01, 2019
Do you think you have what it takes to work remote? Better yet, does your company or the place you're interviewing with have what it takes to support remote workers? Consider this your guide to deciding if you're in the right place to start working remote, and if you are - how to survive this huge work-style change and implement rules, patterns, and boundaries to help you be successful.
Conference Speaking Like a Boss
March 18, 2019
Want to get started speaking at conferences, or step up your current game? Find out how conference talk acceptances work, the basics of writing a good talk abstract, and how to distinguish yourself from the crowd of submissions!
thank u next.js
January 25, 2019
Learn how to use Next.js to spin up a Single Page Application serving Mean Girl quotes in under 15 minutes!
The KC Speaker Community Engima
January 07, 2019
Tech Conference speakers from Kansas City - high caliber speakers built by a supportive and inclusive tech community.
Eating & Drinking My Way Through Budapest
December 09, 2018
Holy shit, ya’ll. Budapest is foodie and wino heaven. My body was not prepared for this magical journey. My normal routine any time I travel…
10 Commandments Of Community Organizing
December 05, 2018
A guide to community organizing, what to do, how to do it, and mistakes to avoid along the way.
Kombucha Brewing 101
November 30, 2018
Hobbypost during funemployment time! A few years ago I discovered Kombucha, a fizzy fermented probiotic drink, and got quite addicted. The…
All The Dumb Mistakes I Made Building My First Gatsby Site
November 28, 2018
Gatsby is great, but there's a lot to learn about in the Gatsby ecosystem. Check out mistakes to avoid when building your first Gatsby site.
An A11y Testing Tool Primer
November 20, 2018
Welcome to my funemployment blog series. It’ll probably include new posts about the joys of Kombucha brewing, but for today I’m talking…
Jewelbots Workshop Best Practices
July 07, 2018
How to run a great coding workshop for girls with Jewelbots, the programmable bluetooth bracelets.
Angular 2+ Reactive Form - Adding & Removing Form Controls
May 17, 2018
How to dynamically add and remove FormControls and FormGroups from FormArrays and FormGroups in Angular.
Angular 2+ Reactive Form - Submitting Checkboxes
May 16, 2018
Make checkboxes in Angular submit an array of Ids.
Angular 2+ Reactive Forms - Control Value Accessor Intro
May 15, 2018
Complicated Problem 3: I need to display one thing in an input field for the user but submit something else A common use case for this…
Angular 2+ Reactive Forms - Custom Validation
May 14, 2018
How to create a custom validator in Angular.
Angular 2+ Reactive Form - Dynamic Required Fields
May 13, 2018
How to make Angular fields dynamically required and iterate through form controls to show validation.
Angular 2+ Reactive Form - Complicated Problems Series
May 12, 2018
Blog post series on how to use Angular Reactive Forms.
Salsa Verde
October 28, 2017
Salsa verde is such an underrated sauce. I could seriously drink this stuff, I have a problem.
Chicken & Wild Rice
August 03, 2017
Chicken & Wild Rice is a super easy all in one pot meal prep you can tweak to match your macros.
Chicken avocado bowls
July 28, 2017
I originally had this in wrap form, which was tasty, but I wanted a low carb version of it.
