#232 – December 29, 2019
Tried & True Productivity Tips from 25 React Experts
The KendoReact team curated the top productivity tips of 25 React experts, from smart ways to hit the ground running with React to advanced productivity hacks. Includes ideas from Emma Wedekind, Kent C. Dodds, vjeux and many more. Check them out!
During my first few years of using JavaScript, I felt like a fraud. Even though I could build websites with frameworks, something was missing. I dreaded JavaScript job interviews because I didn’t have a solid grasp on fundamentals.
Replacing Redux with observables and React Hooks
State management is a critical part in React development and many tools have been created to assist developers with this task. The most popular one is Redux, a small library created by Dan Abramov to help developers implement the Flux design pattern within their app. In this post, we will discuss whether we really need Redux and see how we can replace it with a simpler approach based on observables and React hooks.
If you're looking for the definite answer to how you should structure you React apps, this article probably isn't for you. If you're interested in seeing how it can be done - read on!
Making setInterval Declarative with React Hooks
If you played with React Hooks for more than a few hours, you probably ran into an intriguing problem: using setInterval just doesn’t work as you’d expect.
Don't call a React function component
The difference between React.createElement and calling a function component directly