Take your React beyond the tutorial

React is here to stay. It solves many problems you may not even know existed. These essays are the good stuff I learned over the years.

Learning from tutorials is easy. You follow some steps, learn a smol lesson, and feel like you got dis ๐Ÿ’ช

Then comes the interview, a real world problem, or a question from the boss. Your mind goes blank. Shit, how does this work again ...

Happens to everyone. Building is harder than recognizing and the real world is a mess! Nothing fits in neat little boxes you learned about in tutorials.

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Latest React articles from Swizec

4 articles from June 2021 ยท show all

Hacking the React AST for fun and profit โ€“ #CodeWithSwiz ep34

This is hold my beer level of hackery. It didn't work but we learned lots in the process.

A better React 18 startTransition demo

Demoing startTransition is hard. Modern computers are too fast ๐Ÿ˜… โ€“ Dan Abramov, a React core team member, helped me fix it up. Here's what I learned

Trying out React 18 Alpha

I read everything about React 18 Alpha, trawled through the work group, and ran some experiments. Here's what you'll wanna know.

A fun security bug with static rendering โ€“ CodeWithSwiz #31

The flash of unlocked content is great fun for any paywall