Whether you’re 20 or 60, employed or not, saving for retirement is important — but it’s hard to know where to begin. — This article assumes that you live in the U.S. See the end for the usual disclaimer. Some countries have robust support systems that make planning for retirement simple or even wholly unnecessary. The U.S. is not one of those countries: In 2020, the average monthly Social Security benefit was only…

Both frameworks are popular and useful. Use this comparison to choose between them on your own. — Many people have already explained the nitty-gritty differences between Redux and MobX in detail. I want to provide a more simple, straightforward, explicit example of each. Both frameworks are popular and useful. Use this comparison to choose between them on your own. Each implements a simple “To-do list”, with comments…

Yes, the one featured on Silicon Valley. — Yes, the one featured on Silicon Valley. The MaidSafe team is reinventing the internet. The Safe Network will replace corporate servers (like Facebook data centers) with a peer-to-peer network (like BitTorrent) — where all data can be spread out and securely, privately backed up across everyone’s computers using spare storage…

There’s no “right way”, but there are always “better ways”. This structure applies to React and React Native apps. — I’ve been building large React apps since 2015, and over the years I’ve learned important lessons about what works and what doesn’t when structuring your apps. First of all, throw out the Model View Controller nonsense you probably learned in school. That leads to nothing but pain.

Practically every major software company and open-source project uses version control to track changes over time. This guide covers how to… — Understanding Git (part 1) — Explain it Like I’m Five → Understanding Git (part 2) — Contributing to a Team Understanding Git (part 3) — Resolving Conflicts (stay tuned!) Practically every major software company and open-source project uses some type of “version control” to track changes over time. Version control…

Git is a powerful tool, but it has a reputation of baffling newcomers. It doesn’t help that most people are thrown in at the deep end… — → Understanding Git (part 1) — Explain it Like I’m Five Understanding Git (part 2) — Contributing to a Team Understanding Git (part 3) — Resolving Conflicts (stay tuned!) Git is a powerful tool, but it has a reputation of baffling newcomers. It doesn’t help that most people are simply…

Including: How to migrate from ListView (soon to be deprecated), and how to try it in your own app without building RN from source. — Including: How to migrate from ListView (soon to be deprecated), and how to try it in your own app without building React Native from source. Update 4: It’s stable enough now to be exported by default from react-native-immutable-list-view with React Native v0.43. No custom downloads needed! Keep reading for easy…

ListView doesn’t support Immutable data out of the box. To solve this problem, I wrote a drop-in replacement that handles creating an eff… — ImmutableJS (by Facebook) is a great library with a friendly API, based on a lot of good functional programming concepts. It helps improve both the efficiency and readability of your code. Unfortunately, React Native’s ListView doesn’t support Immutable data out of the box — it’s up to the user to…