Form validation is one part of web development that I’ve never really enjoyed. Part of what I love about programming is getting to spend my day solving challenging problems; form validation feels more like a mundane chore. Read more on Elegant Form Validation Using React – Demo…
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Atomic SPA Starter Kit: TypeScript, GraphQL, ReactJS
We’ve recently been using a combination of TypeScript, GraphQL, and React on a number of single-page app projects at Atomic. These technologies works extremely well together, but only after a significant investment in configuration, tooling, and ergonomics. Read more on Atomic SPA Starter Kit: TypeScript, GraphQL, ReactJS…
React State vs. Redux State: When and Why?
Just about any app you write needs a way to manage state. Redux manages state and state transformations and is often used with React, but React has its own concept of state.
When using these libraries, it’s good to know which to use when. Even if you choose to use Redux in your project, you will still need to make decisions on how much of your data is stored in Redux. Read more on React State vs. Redux State: When and Why?…
React Testing – Jest or Mocha?
Every React project is a little different. This can make choosing the right testing setup difficult.
Both Jest and Mocha seem to be popular within the React community. There are tons of folks using Jest, though others seem to prefer Mocha (for example, the Enzyme docs and examples use Mocha). So which one should you choose, and does it even matter?
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Elegant Form Validation Using React
Over the past few months, I’ve really been enjoying learning to use React for front-end web development. I love how React encourages you to write clean code by breaking your presentation components into small chunks that are easy to reuse.
Lately, I’ve been working on an approach to add form validation to React components, and I’d like to share what I came up with.
Read more on Elegant Form Validation Using React…