React

React Feb 13 2022

Will Web Components Replace React?

This post compares React and Web Components. We take a look at React's virtual DOM and compare it to the shadow DOM of Web Components and more.

GraphQL Sep 28 2021

Managing Data and State: React Hooks, Recoil and Apollo GraphQL Client

State and data management is a complicated when it comes to React. This post illustrates a modern approach with Recoil and Apollo GraphQL Client.

React Apr 15 2021

Integration Tests, Unit Tests and React Testing Library

In the twists and turns of software engineering, it can be difficult to define a testing strategy. In this article I emphasize the priority of user experience and propose a simple set of guidelines for front end testing with the help of React Testing Library.

React Jan 14 2021

Website Performance in 2021: React Server Components, Next.js Static Generation, and Linaria Zero Runtime CSS

In this post I highlight a few current and upcoming features / libraries we can utilize to boost website performance in our React websites.

React Aug 16 2020

Website Performance with React and Next.js

Among the many recipes of frameworks, a popular combination these days is React with Next.js. It would be an oversight to assume we're automatically covered in terms of performance. Let's take a dive in performance implications of React with Next.js.