The term “REST API” (aka “RESTful API”) is thrown around all the time when talking about web applications. But what exactly does the term REST mean? And why is it important to API design? There’s a number of guidelines that define REST, but there are a couple of key points that will help to introduce and understand REST APIs.

JavaScript Modules using ES6 syntax have two different types of exports: named and default. There are differences in how they are declared as well as how they are imported. Named exports can be used to export several variables from a module.

If you work on JavaScript projects in VS Code, you've almost certainly been frustrated with the hit-or-miss nature of the auto-import suggestions. When you try to import code from elsewhere in your project, the correct suggestion is nowhere to be found.

There's a VS Code setting that enables automatic organizing of imports on file saves. It primarily does two things: sorts imports based on ESLint settings, and removes any unused imports.

Next.js provides a nifty little `Link` component, which allows internal linking within your React application without causing a page refresh. While this works great, there are situations where you want to pass additional attributes to your anchor tag, such as `aria` attributes or custom `data` attributes.

Pair programming – two programmers working together on one workstation at the same time – is easy enough to do when both people are sitting at the same computer. But when attempting to pair program remotely, there is a little bit of setup required to get an effective workspace.