live debugging of storybook in chrome with vs code

2019-12-06

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~4 min read

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790 words

While Storybook is great for communicating the potential of different components, debugging issues with components can be more of a…

harvey balls and visual communication

2019-12-05

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~1 min read

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101 words

If you’re like me, you’ve likely never heard of a Harvey Ball - though you’d recognize them if you saw it. That’s because Harvey Balls are…

conditional storybook knobs: how to keep stories clean

2019-12-04

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~4 min read

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621 words

I’m a big fan of Storybook JS. It makes sharing what’s possible with a React component trivial.1 There is a potential problem though: when…

determine which shell is currently running

2019-12-03

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~1 min read

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79 words

If you switch between shells, it might be handy to determine which one is currently running. One way to do that is to check your process…

package.json script management techniques

2019-12-02

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~4 min read

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693 words

When you have a lot of scripts in your npm package, it can get overwhelming. Recently a colleague introduced a new pattern in one of our…

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