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February 17, 2025

Building More Accessible React Native Applications: Conscious Styling for Larger Text

Building accessible React Native applications requires conscious styling decisions, especially for users who enable larger text settings. In this episode, Karly Lamm, Senior Mobile and Full Stack Web Engineer at Aviron Software, demonstrates how React Native Size Matters helps developers create scalable and responsive UI components. Common issues such as non-scaling buttons, non-scrollable modals, and broken UI layouts can hinder accessibility. By leveraging scaling techniques and ensuring modals support scrolling, developers can improve user experience for all. Prioritizing accessibility from the start ensures inclusive and user-friendly mobile applications.

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February 10, 2025

An SEO Perspective + 3 Evergreen Search Tactics

“If I were to look for this, but didn’t know specifics, what would I search?” ‍Utilizing keyword research tools can help inform this process. If you think “that’s too basic, everyone knows that…” you’d be surprised at the search volume for some of the most basic information.

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February 3, 2025

Azure-ify Your Web App: A Simple Guide to API Gateways, Authentication & Security

Imagine this: You’re building a shiny new web app (maybe in React!) and you need a way to handle all the user data, requests, and sensitive information. This is where API Gateway, Authentication, and Authorization come in to keep things secure, smooth, and running like a well-oiled machine.

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January 27, 2025

Beyond the Code: Why QA Testing is a Game-Changer

We've all had moments when we're scrolling through a website or mobile app, only to find it isn't working as expected. My personal favorite is when you click on a dropdown menu, and it opens only to close immediately before you can make a selection. I've raced against the screen countless times, trying to click anything before it disappears...

January 6, 2025

AI Calling YOUR Code? Integrating OpenAI and .NET with Semantic Kernel

Learn how to have OpenAI call code in your .NET & C# applications using Semantic Kernel. Full video and code snippets included.

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December 16, 2024

Enhancing Accessibility in React Native: A Practical Guide with Code Examples

In this guide, Karly Lamm, a Senior Mobile and Fullstack Web Engineer, walks through how to enhance a simple React Native To-Do app by integrating accessibility features. By the end, you'll have a practical understanding of how to implement accessibility labels, roles, and hints, making your app more user-friendly for those using assistive technologies like screen readers.

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November 24, 2024

OpenAI Chat Completions With .NET & C#

Learn how to setup OpenAI and integrate chat completions into your C# and .NET applications. Integrating directly with the OpenAI API is a fairly straightforward process as outlined and documented here by Microsoft MVP Spencer Schneidenbach.

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November 13, 2024

Azure OpenAI Chat Completions With .NET & C#

How to setup Azure OpenAI and integrate chat completions into your C# and .NET application. Taught by Spencer Schneidenbach (Frontend Masters Presenter, Microsoft MVP)

Resources

October 11, 2024

The Top API Security Best Practices to Protect Your Software Copy

Insights into essential strategies for safeguarding APIs, focusing on authentication, encryption, and monitoring to prevent security breaches and ensure data integrity.

Trends & News

September 20, 2024