react Archives

podcast April 5, 2022

Episode 430: The new version of React, great tools for learning CSS, and the double standard for female engineers

The home team discusses React’s major version upgrade, how women in software engineering are often shunted into marketing or project management roles, and the brilliant analogy Cassidy used to explain to her parents how software engineers still have jobs after they’re done building the app.

Eira May Content Writer

code-for-a-living October 20, 2021

Why hooks are the best thing to happen to React

Originally, React mainly used class components, which can be strenuous at times as you always had to switch between classes, higher-order components, and render props. With React hooks, you can now do all these without switching, using functional components.

Doro Onome

code-for-a-living October 7, 2020

Static site generation with single page app functionality? That’s what’s coming Next(.js)

We spoke with Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch and Next.js development leader Tim Neutkens about what new features this version brings, what’s next for Next.js, and how their approach helps the faster growing cohort of web users stay online.

Ryan Donovan

podcast August 11, 2020

Podcast 259: from web comics to React core with Rachel Nabors

From a manga punk Drupal site to herding the cats of the React community.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast May 1, 2020

Podcast 231: Make it So

This week we chat about Star Trek, React, parsing, and the growing trend of holding virtual events in spaces like Fortnite and Animal Crossing.

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living January 23, 2020

Micro-interactions with react-spring: Part 2

In the last article, we examined the basics of micro-interactions: what they are, why they’re important, and how to build one. In this tutorial, we’ll build something I have struggled with for many years: the animated navigation.

Emma Bostian

code-for-a-living January 16, 2020

How to create micro-interactions with react-spring: Part 1

In this series, we’ll examine how to take your application from ordinary to exceptional by implementing micro-interactions with react-spring so you won’t be stuck thinking “I really wish I knew how to add animations” any more.

Emma Bostian

code-for-a-living November 19, 2019

Podcast: A Few Of Our Favorite Things About React

What was life like before Git? Why do some many folks love React? How do you transition from a coder to a manager?

Ben Popper Director of Content