Looking Back at 2020: A Developer’s Perspective

2020. What a year. It’s a year that will happen defined by the global pandemic, but within our tech bubble, it was also a year of massive acceleration and resilience. As we close it out, let’s reflect on what changed for software engineers. The Remote revolution In March, the world went remote. For many developers, […]

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Vue 3 + TypeScript: The Perfect Combination

Vue 2’s TypeScript support was… okay, but awkward. It often required class-based components or clunky decorators. Vue 3 was written in TypeScript from the ground up, and the integration is now seamless, especially with the Composition API. Defining Props In <script setup lang=”ts”>, you can use pure TypeScript interfaces to define props. Typing Emits Strictly […]

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SPFx 1.11: Enhanced Teams Integration and Developer Experience

SharePoint Framework 1.11 continues the trend of deeper Microsoft Teams integration while improving the developer experience. After updating several projects to 1.11, here’s what matters for SharePoint and Teams developers. What’s New Node.js 12 Support: Finally! Node 12 LTS is now supported alongside Node 10 Improved Teams Personal Apps: Better handling of Teams personal apps […]

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Event-Driven Architecture with Azure Event Grid

Azure Event Grid is the backbone of event-driven architectures on Azure. It’s a fully managed event routing service that uses a publish-subscribe model. Unlike messaging services (Service Bus, Event Hubs), Event Grid is optimized for reactive programming patterns where you want instant notifications of state changes. Event Grid Architecture Key Concepts Topics are endpoints where […]

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Blazor CSS Isolation: Scoped Styles in .NET 5

A preview feature for .NET 5 (arriving Nov 2020) is CSS Isolation. Similar to Vue’s `scoped` styles or React Modules, this prevents style leakage between components. How it Works Create a file matching the component name: `Counter.razor.css`. At build time, Blazor rewrites HTML with a unique attribute `b-123abc` and rewrites CSS: The Deep Combinator To […]

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React 17: No New Features, Major Impact

React 17 is unusual – it’s the first major React release with no new features for developers. So why should you care? Because it fundamentally changes how React attaches to the DOM and enables a gradual upgrade path that will define React’s evolution for years. The Gradual Upgrade Story Previously, upgrading React was all-or-nothing. If […]

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