React Digest - RD#481 React is a programming language

React is a programming language, and its rules are syntax
4 minutes by Sam Selikoff

The article explains why refs don't work in React Server Components, primarily because DOM nodes don't exist on the server side. It discusses how React's design decisions and constraints, while sometimes frustrating, are intentional to maintain JavaScript's lexical scope benefits and ensure consistent UI behavior.

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How to Set Up Next.js 15 for Production in 2024
27 minutes by Jan Hesters

This article shows all the steps and packages that you need to set up Nextjs 15 and explain why they're useful, so your app scales smoothly.

The styling dilemma in React
6 minutes by Petar Ivanov

The article discusses various approaches to styling React applications, including traditional CSS, preprocessors (SASS/SCSS), Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules, and CSS-in-JS solutions. It compares their advantages and disadvantages, focusing on issues like global scope, maintainability, and developer experience.

TIL: inline event handlers still fire when passed to React's dangerouslySetInnerHTML
5 minutes by Alex MacArthur

Even though it won't run script tags, React's dangerouslySetInnerHTML still allows inline event handlers to execute. Here's how you might neutralize that threat.

React and FormData
4 minutes by Robin Wieruch

Robin shows how to effectively handle FormData in React form submissions, focusing on converting FormData to JavaScript objects. He demonstrates the evolution from basic form handling to more sophisticated approaches using Object.fromEntries, and shows how to properly handle multiple values with the same key.

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