web-development
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WordPress Block Editor: Dynamic and Static Blocks
When we build websites with WordPress, we encounter the Block Editor. It’s a powerful visual editor that has changed how we create content and design layouts. But when we start developing custom blocks for this editor, we come across two important concepts: static blocks and dynamic blocks. Understanding the difference between these two types is…
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WordPress Block Editor: Block Attributes and Controls
As WordPress developers, these two concepts are core to how we build rich, interactive, and dynamic content editing experiences in the Block Editor. In this blog post, we’ll explore what block attributes and controls are, how they work, and how we can use them effectively in our custom blocks. What Are Block Attributes? In simple…
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WordPress Block Editor: Block Filters Explained
As WordPress developers, we’ve come to appreciate the power and flexibility of the Block Editor (a.k.a. Gutenberg). While creating custom blocks is often the go-to approach, sometimes we just want to modify existing blocks — tweak how they behave, change their appearance, or even alter how they save data. That’s where block filters come in.…
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WordPress Block Editor: Creating a Custom Block
In the evolving world of web development, the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) has revolutionized how we design and manage content. In this blog post, we’ll walk through the entire process—from setup to seeing our custom block in action. Why Create Custom Blocks? While WordPress provides plenty of built-in blocks, we often find ourselves needing tailor-made…
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Basic React: Conditional Rendering, Lifting State Up, and Testing
As developers diving into the world of React, we quickly realize that while building components is simple, building smart, efficient, and testable applications takes a deeper understanding. In this blog post, we’ll walk through some fundamental React concepts — Conditional Rendering, Lifting State Up, and Testing — that help us write better and more maintainable…
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Understanding Basic React Hooks: A Developer’s Guide
As developers, we’re constantly striving to write cleaner, more efficient code—and React Hooks are an essential part of that journey. Introduced in React 16.8, hooks let us use state and other React features without writing a class. In this post, we’ll dive into some of the most commonly used hooks: useState, useEffect, useCallback, useMemo, useReducer,…
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Basic React Course: Hooks — useState and useEffect
React has completely changed the way we build user interfaces, and one of its most powerful features is Hooks. In this post, we’re diving into two of the most essential React Hooks: useState and useEffect. If you’re just getting started with React, or if you’ve only worked with class components before, this guide is for…
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Basic React Course: Components, States, and Component Lifecycle
As we continue evolving our front-end projects and building increasingly dynamic user interfaces, React remains one of the most essential tools in our development toolkit. Its component-based architecture gives us the flexibility to design reusable, scalable code, while its modern features push us to think differently about how we structure and manage logic. In this…
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Understanding React Components and the Virtual DOM
As developers, we aim to build fast, scalable, and maintainable web applications. Over time, we’ve tried various frameworks and libraries, but React has truly changed the way we structure our UI logic—thanks to two of its most powerful features: components and the Virtual DOM. In this blog, we’ll break down what React components are, how…
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Introduction to React and JSX
In today’s world of web development, building interactive and dynamic user interfaces (UI) is more important than ever. One of the most popular and powerful tools for achieving this is React. As developers, we are always looking for ways to make our applications faster, more efficient, and scalable. React helps us do exactly that. In…