Tag: react

Building an offline-first app with React and RxDB

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Offline functionality is becoming an increasingly important part of an app’s user experience. This is not just important for apps […]

Esteban Herrera
Aug 7, 2017 ⋅ 7 min read

Creating Canvas Graphics in React

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The HTML5 Canvas is a powerful tool for embedding performant, interactive graphics in web apps. It has broad browser support […]

Ben Edelstein
Jul 5, 2017 ⋅ 1 min read

Building size-aware React components

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When building React apps, it is sometimes advantageous for components to have awareness of their size and position on screen. […]

Ben Edelstein
Jun 27, 2017 ⋅ 2 min read

Recreating the Chrome Console in React

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One of the core features of LogRocket is the replay of console and Redux logs in production web apps. To […]

Ben Edelstein
Jun 14, 2017 ⋅ 4 min read

Make React Fast Again [Part 3]: Highlighting Component Updates

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React is usually pretty fast, but it’s easy to make small mistakes that lead to performance issues. Slow component mounts, […]

Ben Edelstein
Jun 1, 2017 ⋅ 2 min read

Make React Fast Again [Part 2]: why-did-you-update

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React is usually pretty fast, but it’s easy to make small mistakes that lead to performance issues. Slow component mounts, […]

Ben Edelstein
May 30, 2017 ⋅ 2 min read

Make React Fast Again [Part 1]: Performance Timeline

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React is usually pretty fast, but it’s easy to make small mistakes that lead to performance issues. Slow component mounts, […]

Ben Edelstein
May 25, 2017 ⋅ 2 min read

Robust, scalable tests for React applications

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For many years I dreaded front end development. It’s not because I don’t love making products or writing CSS, but […]

Matt Arbesfeld
Mar 20, 2017 ⋅ 3 min read

Leveraging the Console API in React apps

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Most JavaScript developers are familiar with the console API, particularlyconsole.log(). However, there are a number of lesser-known console methods that […]

Ben Edelstein
Mar 15, 2017 ⋅ 2 min read

Tips for styling React apps in JavaScript

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While many developers still use CSS to style their React apps, writing styles in JavaScript has become an increasingly popular […]

Ben Edelstein
Mar 7, 2017 ⋅ 1 min read