Here’s an example app which uses React Query to add the superpowers of caching, debouncing, and automatic cancellation/retries to a simple fetch-based React app. The source is available here – it’s all TypeScript and includes some E2E tests.
Reack and Morquery
Dinky Bomb – multiplayer game
Back in 2002 some colleagues and I built one of the web’s first and most popular online multi-user Flash games, Dinky Bomb.
The game grew out of a proof of concept prototype I created, obviously inspired by Team 17’s game Worms. I wanted to create something simple to learn and playable, even on old modem internet connections. Continue reading Dinky Bomb – multiplayer game
Next-gen TV apps
I recently started working for Simplestream on their next generation TV UI. Simplestream provide TV solutions for just about every platform and TV or Set Top Box device you can think of – including a turnkey solution for ingest, encoding and management of monetisation models.
Chat app in React (hooks)
Here’s a simple chat app I created as an example of using (hooks flavoured) React with Firebase, all in TypeScript. It’s a little like the YouTube superchat thing, whereby everyone can log in with single click Google authentication and all chat to each other.
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