Rob Kendal {{☕}}

Freelance front end developer, Shopify partner, podcast host, and coding mentor.

Selby, UK Joined on May 22, 2019 https://robkendal.co.uk

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Nov 20 '20

Things I wish I'd known as a junior developer

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Sep 13 '20

Using WordPress as a headless CMS with Next.js

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Sep 6 '20

Configuring WordPress as a headless CMS with Next.js

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Aug 16 '20

Why I created a 50 page ebook and gave it away for FREE!

#career #books

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Apr 7 '20

Replacing React's Redux library with the useReducer Hook

#showdev #react #tutorial #beginners

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Mar 10

How to build a multi-image carousel in React and Tailwind

#javascript #webdev #tutorial #react

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Things I wish I'd known as a junior developer

Thank you very much; so pleased you liked the article :D

Nov 22 '20

Have you ever tried any JetBrains product?

I'm a long time user of Webstorm and have used things like Re...

Oct 30 '20

Using WordPress as a headless CMS with Next.js

Thanks Andrew and so pleased you like the article. Yes, thank...

Oct 5 '20

Using WordPress as a headless CMS with Next.js

Thanks Tom, best of luck with your project :D

Oct 5 '20

A laptop - a reason to choose your new employer?

I've seen a few of these job posts where they list necessary ...

Sep 14 '20

What was your biggest 'a-ha' moment in coding?

Oh that's a good one!

Sep 7 '20

Is anyone really using SASS anymore?

lol, so I'm guessing.....not a fan?

Aug 18 '20

Why I created a 50 page ebook and gave it away for FREE!

Thanks Agathe, hope you find it useful!

Aug 17 '20

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Sep 5 '21

How to use contact forms with headless WordPress and Next.js

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Jun 8 '21

React, Angular and Vue compared, which should you learn in 2021?

#react #beginners #javascript #frontend

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May 13 '21

The Beginner's Guide to Real-World React

#news #react #webdev #javascript

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Mar 21 '21

The Front End: S3-E2 - Matt Studdert

#podcast #frontend #career

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Mar 8 '21

The Front End: S3-E1 - Brian Rinaldi & Raymond Camden

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Dec 14 '20

The Front End: S2-E10 - Hassan El Mghari

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Nov 30 '20

The Front End: S2-E9 - Rob Kendal Q&A

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Nov 16 '20

The Front End: S2-E8 - Mark Baldino

#podcast #frontend #ux

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Nov 2 '20

The Front End: S2-E7 - Phil Hawksworth

#podcast #frontend #devrel

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Oct 30 '20

Front end dev, podcast host, code mentor - AMA

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Oct 19 '20

The Front End: S2-E6 - Louise Ogilvy

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Oct 5 '20

The Front End: S2-E5 - Stephanie Stimac

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Oct 5 '20

Create a Next.js RSS feed for your static website

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Sep 21 '20

The Front End: S2-E4 - James Tucker

#career #podcast #frontend

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Sep 7 '20

The Front End: S2-E3 - Tom Hirst

#career #podcast #frontend

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Sep 7 '20

What was your biggest 'a-ha' moment in coding?

#discuss

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Aug 24 '20

The Front End: S2-Ep #2

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Aug 10 '20

The Front End: S2-Ep #1

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Jun 22 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #10

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Jun 12 '20

30+ Helpful tools, apps and websites

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Jun 8 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #9

#career #podcast #frontend

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May 29 '20

GitHub activity graphs are meaningless

#webdev #productivity #github

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May 25 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #8

#career #podcast #frontend

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May 21 '20

Senior front end dev here, ask me anything!

#discuss #webdev #ama

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May 11 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #7

#career #podcast #frontend #css

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Apr 27 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #6

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Apr 23 '20

Is anyone really using SASS anymore?

#discuss #productivity #css

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Apr 17 '20

Saving text to a client-side file using vanilla JS

#showdev #tutorial #beginners

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Apr 14 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #5

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Apr 3 '20

Funky text backgrounds with background-clip CSS

#showdev #css #tutorial

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Mar 30 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #4

#career #podcast #frontend

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Mar 16 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #3

#career #podcast #frontend

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Mar 2 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #2

#career #podcast #frontend

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Feb 26 '20

The Front End Podcast - Episode #1

#career #podcast #frontend

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Feb 20 '20

Creating a React code editor and syntax highlighter

#showdev #javascript #tutorial #react

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Feb 4 '20

Creating unique, merged arrays using JavaScript's Set (and more)

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Jan 28 '20

I'm a veteran UI developer, AMA!

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Jan 27 '20

React & Redux: components, API's and handler utilities part two

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Jan 23 '20

10 hot tips for better debugging

#productivity #codenewbie #testing #webdev

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Jan 21 '20

React & Redux: components, API's and handler utilities

#react #tutorial #javascript

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Jan 14 '20

How to survive a remote working position

#productivity #career #culture

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Jan 7 '20

What should you know as a frontend developer?

#writing #devtips

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Dec 22 '19

Solving React Hooks' invalid hook call warning

#javascript #react #debugging #webpack

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Jun 7 '19

Getting past developers block

#discuss #webdev #career #productivity

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Jun 6 '19

Can you manage a dev team and still be hands on?

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May 31 '19

What's your coding origin story?

#discuss #career

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May 23 '19

Are companies missing out on talent by fear of remote working?

#discuss #hiring #career

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May 22 '19

Getting hired as a developer in the tech industry

#hiring #career #beginners #motivation

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May 28 '19

Configure Parcel JS and Babel to use JavaScript proposal class properties

#javascript #tutorial #devtips

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May 24 '19

Fighting imposter syndrome as a developer

#discuss #webdev #career #writing

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May 28 '19

Using Parcel JS bundler with React

#react #javascript #webdev #tutorial

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May 28 '19

Using Parcel bundler as a Webpack alternative

#javascript #webpack #tutorial

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May 28 '19

Using CSS custom properties to apply themes in JavaScript or React

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May 24 '19

How to build a RESTful Node.js API server using JSON files

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May 29 '19

Use Webpack and require.context to load HTML files

#tutorial #javascript #webdev

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May 24 '19

Are tech tests still relevant in today's hiring landscape?

#discuss #webdev #writing

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May 24 '19

Continuous refactoring: avoiding technical debt in the here and now

#discuss #webdev #writing #codequality

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May 24 '19

Reading Google Sheets data using JavaScript with Google Sheets Reader

#javascript #webdev #opensource #tutorial

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May 29 '19

How to use arrow functions in JavaScript ES6

#beginners #tutorial #javascript

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