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Using D3 with React and TypeScript

Typically, when working in React, it’s best to split UI elements into separate, reusable parts. This allows for more modular code and finer control over each element.

However, this goes against the way D3 operates, which is to subsequently call dot operators, building up elements and groups of elements.

So how can we utilize D3 in a meaningful way while simultaneously breaking up our elements into individual components? I’m going to show you by working through an example implementing a force graph.
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Making Toast from Scratch in React-Redux

Getting UI elements for free is a good feeling. When it comes to popup notifications, other frameworks provide these components for free. For instance, Rails has flashes and Android has snackbars. React is a moving target, so pulling in external libraries can help simplify situations, but it may prevent extensibility later.
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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.
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