Jarrod Watts
Jarrod Watts

Jarrod Watts

Jarrod Watts

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Welcome to my blog! 👋 This is a space where I write technical articles and guides about how to use modern JavaScript frameworks and the latest serverless technologies. Including Next.JS & Firebase!

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How I Built "Squid Game, Except Its Coding Interview Questions"!

Nov 16, 202116 min read 503 views

Spoiler Alert: This blog post makes several references to the show Squid Game, if you don't want to see spoilers, I'd recommend looking away! Introduction I built Squid Game, except it's coding interviews, well, sort of... Let me explain! For those w...

How I Built "Squid Game, Except Its Coding Interview Questions"!

How To Set Up Next.JS With Jest, React Testing Library and Playwright

Nov 9, 202111 min read 2.2K views

Introduction In this blog post, we'll explore how to set up a Next.JS project with bulletproof testing libraries, including: Unit Testing with Jest and React Testing Library Integration Testing and End to End (E2E) Testing with Playwright As a bonu...

How To Set Up Next.JS With Jest, React Testing Library and Playwright

I Built A SaaS Startup In 2 Months, Here's What I Learned.

Aug 10, 202116 min read 6.9K views

Introduction Over the past two months I have been chipping away at my favourite project to date... Upsocial! If you're interested, you can check it out at https://upsocial.app/ I've also posted it on Product Hunt - would love for you to check it out...

I Built A SaaS Startup In 2 Months, Here's What I Learned.

What Are JavaScript Higher Order Functions? .map, .filter, and .reduce explained!

Jul 26, 20216 min read 344 views

Introduction Higher order functions in JavaScript such as map reduce and filter can completely transform the way you write your code. They are some of the most useful functions when it comes to manipulating data from regular arrays to fit any conditi...

What Are JavaScript Higher Order Functions? .map, .filter, and .reduce explained!

Set Up Subscription Payments With Stripe using Firebase and Next.JS

Jul 13, 202118 min read 2.9K views

Introduction Accepting payments online can seem like a daunting task, with considerations such as security, conversion rates and tax, there is a lot to consider. In this blog post, we'll explore how we can simplify the process of taking subscription ...

Set Up Subscription Payments With Stripe using Firebase and Next.JS

Track User Behaviour On Your Website With Google Analytics & Next.JS

Jul 6, 20215 min read 6.2K views

Introduction In this blog post, we'll go through how to set up Next.JS with Google Analytics using the latest versions (Next.JS 11 and Google Analytics 4). As part of Next.JS 11, the new Script Component was added, to automatically prioritize loadin...

Track User Behaviour On Your Website With Google Analytics & Next.JS