Published onMay 3, 2022Improve Build Times by Speeding up Jest Tests with Multiple SuitesProgrammingJestSoftware-DevelopmentJavaScriptJavaScript-TestingOur test suite was taking up to 30 mins to run. We split things up and brought our run time down to 10 mins. Read more to find out how!
Published onDecember 27, 2021Speed Up Jest Tests By Using The Correct EnvironmentjesttypescriptreatjavascriptprogrammingRecently at Parallax, we noticed our UI test suite was taking longer and longer to finish. We found a quick way to speed this up.
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Published onNovember 23, 2021Why We Use Layered HTML Canvases At OpenScopeJavaScriptProgrammingHTMLWeb-DevelopmentCodingFor years, we faced performance issues. We solved some of them by using stacked HTML canvas elements and rendering to multiple canvases.
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Published onNovember 6, 2021Write Tests With Sentences First, Code SecondJavaScriptProgrammingSoftware-TestingSoftware-DevelopmentCodingI see people struggle writing tests when they are first starting out because they don't have any guardrails or strategies to start with.
Published onOctober 31, 2021Use React and Feature Flags To Roll Out New UI ComponentsReactUIJavaScriptProgrammingWeb-DevelopmentAt Parallax we released a sweeping update to our user interface. What follows is an explanation of one small part that made the whole thing possible.