Joanna Walker

Jest + Enzyme simulate form events

Since I've started doing Jest+Enzyme testing I've run into a few issues. One of those was dealing with state change related tests when you don't have access to the actual React component state. Mainly because of the need to wrap the tested component

Easy Way to Migrate Wordpress Sites Between Servers

As part of cleanup and cost-cutting I had to recently moved my WordPress installations from one server to another. To make matters a bit more complicated the new server was not a cPanel based one. So, I had to move my WordPress instances, but not really the user accounts that

Assassin's Creed Movie

I should probably start by admitting that I haven't played the game itself. But like must gamers (unless they've been living under a rock) I had an idea about what Assassin's Creed is about. I knew about the praise it got and about the

How to Remember Tar Parameters

I've got the extraction options for tgz files pretty well ingrained in my brain, but whenever I had to create an archive I always had to go back to the manual. Not any more! Annoyed at my terrible memory I created a little mnemonic for myself. Here'

Never Say Never

Sometimes you have to take one step back to take two forward. Or in other words, never say never. Or to put it in simple terms – I’ve gone perm again… I’ve been pretty happy with the contracting work I’ve done over the last year and a bit.

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