The React Newsletter

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What React Does (and Doesn't Do)

React doesn’t do a whole lot.

Don’t get me wrong – it’s great at what it does! But the things React is actually responsible for, in a fully-functioning production app? That list is pretty small. The universe of things you might call “a React problem” or “a React thing” is probably smaller than you think.

React Nice Dates

React Nice Dates is composed of a set of components and utilities with different levels of abstraction that you can use to build your own date pickers.

At the top level, you have DatePicker and DateRangePicker. These are slightly-opinionated components that should cover the most common use-cases. They allow displaying date inputs with a calendar popover below. They make no assumptions about how your inputs should look. Instead, they provide all the necessary props so you can render them yourself.

Performant Websites for All- How to Build Fast, Inclusive Applications using Gatsby

This presentation will show you how to create an a Progressive Web Application using Gatsby. We'll learn: What is a Progressive Web App (PWA) Why PWA's are important for a more inclusive web How to build your own PWA app using Gatsby.

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Build a CRUD Application with React and Apollo GraphQL

GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. It provides a simple interface for asking for data from your server and getting exactly what was requested and nothing more. In contrast, if you are using a REST API for your server you have no control of what is returned.

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8 React Tips

Every frontend developer implements React in their own way. Some write their handler functions straight into their JSX, others write separate functions to handle all of that extra logic. Whether you’re a seasoned React developer or just getting started, I’ve made a list of 8 tips and tricks to one-up your code.

UI Testing Best Practices 📜

Here at Glassdoor we take testing seriously, but the main focus has been on end-to-end (E2E) integration tests as opposed to small, quick unit tests. I've been writing a decent amount of UI tests these past few weeks and thought I'd share a handful of patterns I've been adhering to - hopefully this can help guide good decision making when writing tests and make it easy to write more maintainable code.

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React video courses

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