The JavaScript Skills You Need For React (+ Practical Examples)

One of the most important things to understand about React is that it is fundamentally JavaScript. This means that the better you are at JavaScript, the more successful you will be with React. Let's break down the 7 essential concepts that you should know about JavaScript to master React.

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Three Major Improvements in HTTP/3 Compared to HTTP/2

HTTP/3 provides a low-latency and high-performance connection all of which is great for the end-user. Since HTTP/3 numbers are rising, we expect that it will replace all previous data communication protocols quickly. According to W3Techs, 4.

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Developing and publishing a TypeScript NPM package

Ever wondered how to publish your very own npm package to the npmjs.com registry? In this article, I’ll take you through the step-by-step process. We’ll start by developing a very simple npm package using TypeScript.

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Web Vitals Optimizations: Advanced Dynamic Import Patterns

Web performance is a crucial part of the user experience of our web application. It has a direct impact on the conversion rate. Walmart found that for every 1-second improvement in page load time, conversions increased by 2% (see source). And if that's not enough, search engines favor fast websites.

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10 Tech Talks To Watch – Learn New Software Development Concepts in 2021

freeCodeCamp has a second YouTube channel just for tech talks. And we have published nearly 100 talks there, from developer conferences around the world. You can subscribe to the freeCodeCamp Talks channel here.

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Minimal React: getting started with the frontend library

This blog post explains how to get started with React while using as few libraries as possible. Many tutorials provide comprehensive introductions to the React ecosystem. I wanted to try something different:

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9 Months into Working from Home, These 6 Things Are Helping Us Endure

Way back in March, I surveyed each employee (Atom) at Atomic Object. I tried to get a sense of how we managed to quickly shift from working 100% on-site to 100% remote in a day, with very little notice. (The answers included Discord, Slack, and 1:1 check-ins.

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Front-end predictions for 2021

If 2020 has proven anything, it’s that predicting the future is a mug’s game. With that said, here are my predictions for where front-end development is heading over the next 12 months 🙄

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How to Implement Lazy Loading in React with Intersection Observer

When you make a web site whose many images need to be loaded on the screen, you should take care of the performance for rending them on the browser. If you use React in the project code, you could install the react-lazyload package via NPM or Yarn.

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How to Get Started With Portainer, a Web UI for Docker

Portainer is a popular Docker UI that helps you visualise your containers, images, volumes and networks. Portainer helps you take control of the Docker resources on your machine, avoiding lengthy terminal commands. Portainer recently reached version 2.0 which added support for Kubernetes clusters.

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