Light mode is a convention in most web and mobile apps. However, in modern development, we have seen how dark mode, which displays light text and interface elements on a dark background, is quickly becoming a user preference. In this article, Blessing Krofegha will show you how to efficiently implement dark mode in a React app on a simple web page, using the styled-components library and leveraging some React features like hooks. We will also discuss the pros and cons of dark mode and why it should be adopted.
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Skeleton screens offer a better user experience by reducing loading-time frustration. By focusing on progress instead of wait times, it create the illusion for users that information will be incrementally displayed on the screen. In this tutorial, Blessing Krofegha will show you what a skeleton screen UI is and some types of skeleton screen libraries, along with their pros and cons. We’ll build a YouTube-like skeleton screen UI using React Loading Skeleton. Then, you can experiment on your own with the skeleton screen React package of your choice.
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React provides a few built-in Hooks like useState. You can also create your own Hooks to reuse stateful behavior between different components. The example below shows a counter whose state is managed using the useState() hook. Each time you click on the button, we make use of setCount() to update the value of count by 1. In this article, Adeneye David Abiodun covers the rules of React Hooks and how to effectively start using them in your projects. Please note that in order to follow this article in detail, you will need to know how to use React Hooks.
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In this tutorial, you are going to learn and understand what React hooks are, the basic React Hooks that are available and also examples of how to write them for your React applications. In the process, you will also get to know about some additional hooks that were shipped with React 16.8 and also how to write your own custom React Hooks.
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In this article, Blessing Krofegha introduces the concept of the headless CMS, a backend-only content management system that allows developers to create, store, manage and publish the content over an API. It gives developers the power to quickly build excellent user experiences, free from the worry of its impact on the back-end business logic.
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Making your tables sortable in React might sound like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be too difficult. In this article, Kristofer Giltvedt Selbbekk is going to show you how to implement all you need to sort out all of your table sorting needs. By the end of this tutorial, you will have found a way to model your state, wrote a generic sorting function, and wrote a way to update what our sorting preferences are. After making sure everything is performant and refactored you will provide a way to indicate the sort order to the user.
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HTML is getting better at providing nice APIs for implementing cool features. In this tutorial, Chidi Orji is going to show you how to use the HTMLIntersection Observer API to implement infinite scrolling and image lazy loading in a React functional component. In the process, we’ll learn how to use some of React’s hooks and how to create Custom Hooks. Let’s get started!
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In this article, Blessing Krofegha introduces Tailwind CSS, a CSS library that gives you all of the building blocks you need to build bespoke designs without opinionated styles. With Tailwind CSS, you get to create the components that suit what you want or what you are working on. These components can be created by harnessing the power of the utility-first prowess of Tailwind CSS. You’ll also learn how to seamlessly set up Tailwind CSS in a React project.
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In this tutorial, Chidi Orji will show you how to build a React drag-and-drop component for file and image uploads. In the process, we’ll learn about the HTML drag-and-drop API. We will also learn how to use the useReducer hook for managing state in a React functional component.
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Leaflet is a very powerful tool, and we can create a lot of different kinds of maps. This tutorial will help you understand how to create an advanced map along with the help of React and Vanilla JS. In this article, Shajia Abidi is going to represent the locations of the non-medical fire incidents to which the SF Fire Department responded on a map.
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