React JS : Tables in the browser

Posted on by David Vassallo

A good exersize while learning React JS was building a re-usable component that produces HTML tables given an arbitrary JSON array of objects in the form: [{'col1_name':'col1_value','col2_name':'col2_value'} , {'col1_name':'col1_value','col2_name':'col2_value'}] So a practical example of the above would be: [{'name':'dave','age':'12'},{'name':'foo','age':'19'}] With the resulting table being: Here's the reusable code (feel free to improve/include in your projects): … Continue reading React JS : Tables in the browser

Notes on Google Firebase Cloud Messaging

Posted on by David Vassallo

I'm a huge fan of Firebase, so I'm very excited that Google Cloud Messaging [GCM] has been re-branded Firebase Cloud Messaging [FCM], which can be used for cross platform messaging. It's actually very simple to set this up on Android and IOS, but what's more interesting is the web client. I was really hoping things … Continue reading Notes on Google Firebase Cloud Messaging