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Why you should use refs sparingly in production

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A general rule of thumb is to consider how possible it’ll be to do exactly what you want to do with props and state before thinking about refs.

Peter Ekene Eze
Feb 28, 2020 ⋅ 4 min read

Build more accessible forms with React Icons

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The goal of this post is to help you understand how to build more accessible React forms by using the popular react-icons library.

Peter Ekene Eze
Jan 24, 2020 ⋅ 4 min read

What’s new in Firefox 70

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In this post, we’ll look at all the new features of Firefox 70 and demonstrate how they help increase our browsing experience.

Peter Ekene Eze
Nov 20, 2019 ⋅ 5 min read
A guide to handling async side effects in React in 2019

How to handle async side effects in 2019

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React Async lets you handle promises and fetch data declaratively to make it easier to handle async UI states.

Peter Ekene Eze
Oct 29, 2019 ⋅ 4 min read
testing in react

Testing React applications in 2019

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While testing can be a very controversial concept, something we can all agree on is testing is a very critical aspect of any product and it should be treated as such.

Peter Ekene Eze
Sep 19, 2019 ⋅ 6 min read

Simplifying state management in React apps with batched updates

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In this post, we will take a closer look at the batched updates feature in React.

Peter Ekene Eze
Sep 10, 2019 ⋅ 5 min read

React Spring vs Animated

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In this post, we will look at some of the strengths and weaknesses of both React Spring and Animated.

Peter Ekene Eze
Aug 25, 2019 ⋅ 4 min read
Useful Tools And Techniques To Minify CSS

Useful tools and techniques to minify your CSS

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Faster page speed, better performance, overall improved user experience — these are the advantages of minifying your CSS files. This may seem […]

Peter Ekene Eze
May 30, 2019 ⋅ 4 min read

How to create animated React components with Kendo UI

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Animations are a major part of modern-day web development components. They add an aesthetic and visual appeal to how web […]

Peter Ekene Eze
Mar 28, 2019 ⋅ 7 min read