O3M 73 - Viva America
Feel good tracks I’ve listened to while doing roadtrips in California last autumn.
The most simple access control for your Meteor React app
For my last Meteor React app I’ve designed the most simple role based access control. The basic idea is that users can have multiple roles and every action possible is only allowed by a specified set of roles. For my Meteor React app the following scenarios were considered:
Get rid of Disqus
Recently I read an article on HN (Hacker News) Replacing Disqus with Github Comments and decided to drop the Disqus commenting system on this site. A long time ago I’ve added Disqus to my page because of it was easy to use and had out-of-the-box spam prevention. The cost of it as I see now was a heavy breach in privacy and site performance. When I read the article mentioned above I was shocked what I was forcing on people visiting my site. Just to give you an idea what’s going on:
Debounce a redux dispatch method in a react component
Tightly connected reactivity in a react application has the side effect that it is sometimes necessary to delay the execution of a method. Assume you have a search input field that filters elements while typing, every field input creates a search request. In order to get rid of unnecessary search requests you have to wait until a user has finished typing and then start the search. To make this work without a search button, you have to intercept repeating executions (debounce) of the search method within a specified time frame and delay the execution of the last call.
Meteor project structure
Get the latest version of this specification here: https://gist.github.com/d4755eb1b7a9d6b08515408ea6fd69bb
The Meteor project structure (MPS) is a proposal for a simple file and folder naming specification.
There are several basic distinctions when building a Meteor project structure. First there is a client, server and an imports folder. All folders have specific naming rules and differ in their structure.
O3M 72 - Get Lost
It’s getting warmer, make sure to take some time off.
Deploy your Meteor app with PM2
PM2 is a well-known node process manager. Not so well-known is its deployment feature. With pm2 you can reasonable easy deploy any node application. As Meteor is always a node app at its heart I’ve decided to deploy my current Meteor project with PM2.
Make your Redux React app multilingual
For my current React app in development I’m using Redux to manage the client state. As this is the first time using Redux I’m not quite sure what to put in the store yet. But I’ve decided to give the multilingual labels and wordings a try. Below you’ll find a simple approach on how I made my app multilingual using the Redux client state to store the translated content. I assume you are familiar with Redux and React.
Cold Days
Education will never be cheaper while you study (at least in switzerland). This is why I took a photography course at my university (and also to earn cheap credits). The course was mostly about art and history, but nonetheless very interesting. Below, you’ll find my favorite photos.
I liked how the rain covered the handle.
Meteor register LDAP login request handler
One requirement for my current Meteor project was that a user must login with their ActiveDirectory account. This means that Meteor must be able to authenticate against LDAP. In atmosphere there are already a few packages available which implement and support LDAP authentication. However, they are either outdated or difficult to configure. This is why I’ve decided to build my own custom login request handler for Meteor.