Rails 7: Shakapacker and ReactOnRails Quick Setup (Part 1)
(Part 1 of 2) Shakapacker is a strong alternative to both JSBundling and Importmaps. It is the official successor to Webpacker, the gem in Rails 6 that glued Rails to…
Nullish coalescing operator (??)
• Returns its left-hand side operand (the first thing) of the left-hand side is anything other than null or undefined. Returns the right-hand-side operand (the second thing) if the thing on…
React Building Blocks 🧱
Learning React can be intimidating. Here is a short set of introductory resources for learning React, ES6, hooks, and functional programming in Javascript. Some posts I wrote about React too:…
Essential React Packages of Early 2020 ( do not develop without )
The most essential Node packages to set up your React app today. (This article was written in the context of React versions 16.9, 16.10, and 16.11 in late 2019/early 2020)…
Something About Refs
React’s Virtual DOM arguably revolutionized web development. In short: React will keep a copy of the DOM in its own memory space. When you make updates, for example, several updates…