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Aman Mittal

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👨‍💻 Developer 👉 Nodejs, React.js, ReactNative | Tech writer with 2.5M+ views on Medium | My weekly dev newsletter 👉 https://www.getrevue.co/profile/amanhimself

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🌱 Life at Draftbit - First 3 Months as a Developer Advocate

May 25, 2021 5 min read

Photo by Prayer X on Unsplash It has been 3 months since I joined Draftbit. It feels like I’ve been on a journey. I was initially hired as a tech writer but the role eventually evolved (within a month) into Developer Advocate 🥑. On a personal leve...

🌱 Life at Draftbit - First 3 Months as a Developer Advocate

How to rename default branch in Git and GitHub

Jan 16, 2022 1 min read

I'm currently maintaining a GitHub repo that is grown over the last year. It primarily contains all the example code that I create when working on React Native and Expo articles and tutorials. Recently, I switched the default branch to main. Here are...

2021 - A year in review

Jan 10, 2022 7 min read

As we transition to 2022 and leave 2021 behind, it's a great time to reflect on the year passing by. It is my second year writing a "year review". It's fun for me to look back over what I did and what I focused on last year. I want to continue the tr...

How to avoid notches with Safe Area Context in React Native apps

Nov 2, 2021 4 min read

Most devices nowadays come with a notch or some kind of status bar. Therefore, when building a mobile application using React Native, it is vital to ensure that the content of an app screen is rendered correctly across different types of devices. In ...

How to avoid notches with Safe Area Context in React Native apps

How to configure VSCode Bracket Pair Colors Natively

Oct 20, 2021 1 min read

With an update in August 2021, VSCode started supporting Bracket pair colorization natively. It means there is no need to use the Bracket Pair Colorizer extension (which I love). In their official announcement, the VSCode team states they choose to i...

How to configure VSCode Bracket Pair Colors Natively

GET Request with Axios

Aug 11, 2021 1 min read

One of the popular libraries in JavaScript land to perform HTTP requests is axios. It is promised based and allows writing code using async await syntax. Installation Run the command below: yarn add axios Simple GET HTTP request with axios A simple G...