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How to control a React component with the URL
Published: at 01:45 PM(Sam Selikoff)The article on Build UI explains how to sync React components with URL query parameters, focusing on keeping the state consistent between UI elements and the URL. It demonstrates practical steps for using hooks like useSearchParams and useRouter to manage the search input in a React app. By hoisting state into the URL, developers can enable features like back-and-forth navigation, refreshing, and shareable URLs without introducing bugs caused by duplicated states.
Improving rendering performance with CSS content-visibility
Published: at 01:31 PM(Nolan Lawson)Nolan Lawson's article discusses how the CSS property content-visibility can significantly improve rendering performance by skipping the rendering of off-screen elements. This optimization is especially useful for complex or resource-heavy layouts. By hiding non-visible content until needed, developers can reduce layout and painting costs, making pages load and scroll more smoothly. Lawson provides practical examples and benchmarks to demonstrate how using content-visibility can lead to better performance without sacrificing visual integrity.
The Nine Node Pillars
Published: at 01:13 PMThe article explains the fundamental principles of Node.js, focusing on its event-driven, non-blocking nature that makes it efficient for handling asynchronous operations. It emphasizes the single-threaded model of Node.js and how it utilizes event loops to manage concurrent tasks, which is crucial for building scalable network applications. Additionally, the article highlights the modularity of Node.js, making it easier for developers to manage code and leverage reusable components.
Animate to height: auto; (and other intrinsic sizing keywords) in CSS
Published: at 12:28 PM(Bramus)The article introduces the interpolate-size property and the calc-size() function, enabling smooth CSS animations and transitions to intrinsic sizing keywords like auto, min-content, and max-content. These tools help create more natural transitions between size changes, addressing the challenge of animating to height: auto. Developers can now opt into these behaviors for smoother and more visually appealing animations in supported browsers.
Next.js SaaS Starter
Published: at 10:43 AM(Lee Robinson)The Next.js SaaS Starter offers a comprehensive template for building SaaS applications using Next.js, Postgres, Stripe, and shadcn/ui. It includes features like authentication, subscription management, and CRUD operations for user management. With built-in support for Stripe payments, role-based access control, and a customizable dashboard, the starter is optimized for quick deployment and scalability. It's designed to simplify common tasks such as database integration and form management, making it ideal for developers looking to launch a SaaS product.
Introducing TanStack Router
Published: at 10:34 AMTanStack Router is a powerful and flexible router designed for frameworks like React, Solid, and Vue. It emphasizes performance, modularity, and ease of use, enabling developers to handle complex routing scenarios with minimal boilerplate. The router supports features like route matching, async data loading, and nested layouts, while being framework-agnostic. It’s built to integrate seamlessly with TanStack Query, providing an efficient way to manage both routing and data fetching in modern web applications.
How to Create a Chrome Extension with React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, and Vite
Published: at 08:53 AM(Lokman Musliu)Want to build a Chrome extension using the latest tech stack? This guide walks you through creating a Chrome extension with React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, and Vite.
jaqt: javascript queries and transformations
Published: at 03:34 PMJAQT is a JavaScript library that provides SQL and GraphQL-inspired functions, Array.select() and Array.where(), for working with arrays and objects. It enhances the native Array.map() and Array.filter() methods by adding syntactic sugar for easier querying, without introducing a custom query language. This allows users to perform complex data transformations using plain JavaScript, making the code both powerful and intuitive. The library is lightweight and flexible, designed for scenarios where ease of use is preferred over performance improvements.
You Might Not Need an Effect
Published: at 03:24 PMThe article from the React documentation explains when it is unnecessary to use the useEffect hook. It provides common scenarios where developers mistakenly rely on effects and offers alternative ways to handle logic that don't involve useEffect, such as computing derived state or managing non-reactive values. The article emphasizes cleaner code and avoiding performance issues by using simpler React features instead of overcomplicating state management with effects.
Why You Should Start Using Zod
Published: at 08:01 AM(praca_praca)The article explains why Zod is a valuable tool for developers, especially when working with TypeScript. Zod simplifies validation, improves type safety, and reduces boilerplate code. It allows developers to define schemas and infer TypeScript types from them, making code easier to maintain and more reliable. The article also shows how Zod enhances developer productivity in scenarios like form validation and contract sharing between frontend and backend.