Evan Gillogley

Setup and Customize Conventional Commits and Semantic Versioning

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:30:22 +0000

In an earlier article, I went through the importance and use-cases for semantic versioning and conventional commits. Now, I’ll go through setting up the system and customizing it.

Automate Reporting with Generated Changelogs

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:30:22 +0000

The Problem

Marble Testing Epics with Redux Observable

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 17:30:22 +0000

Before Redux Observable, I found testing asynchronous side effects (redux-thunk) very difficult. Our code was always messy, relying on weird mocks or [tightly coupled to redux dispatcher](https://redux.js.org/recipes/writing-tests). Moreover, it would always involve a callback or an await through every step. Something like this:

Build An LED Metro/Tram Arrival display

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 17:30:22 +0000

I live in Dublin right beside the LUAS tram, so I built my own tram stop display for my home in a couple hours for around $90. Above is a display of the LUAS tram times in Dublin. H stands for destination/direction, Heuston station, and the time until arrival is beside it.
In this article, I'll go into detail on where to buy the stuff and how to code up the solution.

Testing in Plain English: React Native and Cucumber

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:30:22 +0000

I recently gave a talk at React Native London this last September on e2e to end testing in React Native. It was a great learning experience for me and hope this information can help others.

Watch below or go to the technical blog article for this talk

Matrixifying the Web: A Simple Chrome Extension Tutorial

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:30:22 +0000

Chrome extensions are really easy to create, but I found it really hard to learn how to create them. The documentation on Google's site is convoluted and too thorough - there are popups, content scripts, background scripts etc. All I wanted to do was to manipulate the webpage in the browser like add a sidebar to a website or change it's theme. In this tutorial, I'm going to matrixify github profile by inverting the colors and adding some cool gifs and animations.

Creating React Native Modules for Android

Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:30:22 +0000

Testing That’s Cool as a Cucumber: End to End Testing with Protractor, Typescript, and Cucumber

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:30:22 +0000

Speeding Up your Slow Angular 1 App

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:30:22 +0000

All experienced developers know Angular 1 is slow and it will take a lot of effort on your part to make it fast. Here, I'll highlight all of my tricks to speed up your Angular 1 app. Some of these are quite general, meaning you can apply them also to Angular 2, to other frameworks you use or other websites you build. First, I'll cover some essential techniques that you must have in order to have a fast Angular app and then I'll make some suggestions.

Essentials

Gzip, Minifiy and Cache bust Everything

Speeding up Rails API Requests

Sun, 20 Mar 2016 09:30:22 +0000

I want to search nearby places by keyword and get their photos, submitter, and distance. All in one API request! That sounds like a lot of database queries. However, with the right setup, I got my 3 second request down to 375ms, making it 8x faster.