React Class to Hooks Migration Guide

React Hooks (introduced in 16.8) are now the standard. Class components with `this.setState` and lifecycle methods are legacy. This guide provides direct translation patterns for migrating typical class components to functional components with Hooks. State Management: useState Lifecycle: useEffect `useEffect` replaces `componentDidMount`, `componentDidUpdate`, and `componentWillUnmount`. Common Pitfall: Stale Closures Hooks capture the state *at the […]

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AWS CloudFormation Best Practices

Even with tools like CDK, understanding the underlying CloudFormation mechanics is crucial. Improperly structured stacks can lead to circular dependencies, update rollbacks, and stuck resources. This guide covers nested stacks, cross-stack references, and drift detection. Cross-Stack References vs Nested Stacks Feature Cross-Stack Refs (Export/Import) Nested Stacks Coupling Loose (Independent lifecycles) Tight (Parent controls Child) Updates […]

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AWS CDK: Infrastructure as TypeScript

CloudFormation YAML is verbose and lacks logic. The AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) allows you to define cloud resources using imperative languages. In this guide, we build a complete serverless stack (Lambda + API Gateway + DynamoDB) using TypeScript. The Construct Tree CDK components are called “Constructs”. Level 1 (L1) constructs are 1:1 mappings to […]

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Vue.js 2 to 3 Migration: Preparing Your Codebase

Vue 3 is on the horizon (currently in alpha). The biggest change is the **Composition API**, which solves the code organization issues of the Options API in large components. This guide prepares your Vue 2 codebase for the eventual migration. Options API vs Composition API The ‘setup’ Method Instead of scattering logic across data, methods, […]

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Introduction to Pulumi: Infrastructure as Real Code

While Terraform uses a proprietary DSL (HCL), Pulumi allows you to define infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages like C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go. This brings the full power of your IDE, testing frameworks, and package managers to infrastructure. Infrastructure in C# Using .NET Core to define an Azure Resource Group and Storage Account. Benefits of […]

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