React Digest - RD#476 React on the server is not PHP

React on the server is not PHP
7 minutes by Christoffer Artmann

Is server-side JavaScript just PHP all over again? Not so fast! Dive into the evolution of web development from PHP to modern full-stack JavaScript frameworks. Discover why this isn't a step backward but a leap forward in building powerful, efficient web applications.

Tests are dead. Meticulous AI is here.
sponsored by Meticulous

Meticulous AI is a tool which automatically creates and maintains a continuously evolving e2e UI test suite that covers every corner of your application – with no developer intervention required whatsoever. Backed by CTO of GitHub, Guillermo Rauch (next.js author), yc and others, it's built from the Chromium level up with a deterministic scheduling engine – making it the only testing tool that eliminates flakes.

Handling Form Validation Errors and Resets with useActionState
9 minutes by Aurora Scharff

With React 19 RC announced, the useActionState hook is a powerful tool for creating a state based on the result of an action, typically useful with form submissions. However, there are unclear usage patterns and some gotchas that can make it hard to work with. In this blog post, we'll create a validated form using the hook, and we'll see how we can handle form resets and errors with it.

How to prevent re-render in React with Tailwind CSS
5 minutes by Nico Prananta

A technique for implementing a sticky navigation bar with dynamic background changes based on scroll position in a Next.js website. The author presents two approaches: a traditional React-based solution using useState and useEffect, and an alternative solution using Tailwind CSS and HTML data attributes.

Liskov's Gun: The parallel evolution of React and Web Components
about 1 hour by Baldur Bjarnason

The article discusses the ongoing debate about web components in web development. It explains that web components are a set of standardized web APIs for creating reusable widgets, but their adoption has been controversial.

Static Typing for MUI React Data Grid Columns
5 minutes by John Reilly

The MUI React Data Grid can be used with static typing to ensure the columns you pass to the component are correct. This post will show you how to do that.

Fast and easy to use file API for your React app
sponsored by Pinata

Upload to Pinata! The easiest file api for file uploads and access controls so you can focus on coding your app instead of dealing with infrastructure.

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