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How To Build React Dropdown Menu (Tutorial with Code Examples)
Dropdown menus allow you to declutter a web app and make navigation clean and intuitive. They allow you to fit dozens of potential selections within a small set of dropdown items. Building a React dropdown menu is a great way to learn React, so let’s get started! Building the Base Button We’ll first set up […]
How To Use POST Requests in React (With Example Code)
React is not only a tool for building great frontends. It can also link up to APIs, creating endless possibilities for new functionality. React is a JavaScript library, so interfacing with APIs is the same as in vanilla JS. We’ll go over the ‘fetch()’ API in this article. It makes HTTP interfacing much easier with […]
How To Use Background Images in React (With Example Code)
While basic text, shapes, and colors are great, we often need more in our web apps. Images are much more complex arrangements of text, shapes, and color, and can add a lot to your React app. In this article, we’ll learn how to use them. To use images in React, we use the style attribute […]
React Hooks
React Hooks Guide: How To Use Tutorial, Use Cases, Examples
React Hooks are a newly proposed feature that lets you use state and life-cycle methods without writing a class component.
How To Use The React useReducer Hook (with Examples)
useReducer is quite an advanced hook that beginners often don’t really know how to use. But this hook can be very useful for writing better and clearer code! If you’re not sure of what useReducer does, read on to learn more! What is the useReducer hook? You can think of useReducer as a “state” hook, […]
How To Use React useRef Hook (with Examples)
What is the `useRef` hook? How do you use it? When should you use `useRef` vs `useState`? What caveats should you be aware of when using `useRef`?
React Forms
Form Validation Using Custom React Hooks
Build a form validation engine using custom React Hooks, from scratch, without having to learn a single form library. Read on to learn how!
Using Custom React Hooks to Simplify Forms
Use custom React Hooks to build forms that require half the code to write, are reusable, and are much easier to read. Read on to learn more!
APIs and AJAX Requests in React
React AJAX Requests: How to Fetch Data
Sooner or later, every React developer needs to know how to make AJAX requests to fetch data from a server (make API calls). Let’s learn how!
Using Axios with React to Make API Requests
Axios is a library used to make HTTP requests from the browser. Read on to learn how to use Axios with React to make API requests and display the response.
Building React Components
Importing Components in React From Other Files: Step-by-Step Tutorial
React allows you to build very complex applications. But as your applications grow in size, your code can become messy and difficult to build on. Sometimes, we’d like to split different React components into logically separated files. This act of separating functionality is a common operation in almost any programming language, from Python to C++. […]
How To Use React Native Timer (Example Code)
Timers are very commonly used in React for all sorts of applications. They allow you to manipulate the order in which events occur. From the React Native Timer documentation, there are four types of timers: Timeout (delay) Interval (repeat with interval) Immediate (call as soon as possible) Animation (call when the browser is ready to […]
React Functional Components vs Class Components: When To Use, Basics
When you’re writing React components, you’re faced with a choice. Either functional components, or class components. Do you know what the similarities and the differences are? Which one should you use when?
React Event Handlers
How To Use React onDrag Event Handler (Example Code)
‘onDrag’ allows you to execute a function when a user drags a component. It is passed as a JSX attribute. ‘onDrag’ Use Cases As its name suggests, ‘onDrag’ fires whenever a React component is being dragged. This can be useful in web apps that require drag-and-drop functionality, for example the famous work management app Trello. […]
How To Use React onKeyPress (Example Code Included)
To handle key presses in React, we use ‘onKeyPress’. It is passed as an attribute in <input> elements, and can be used to perform actions for any event involving the keyboard, whether you want to call a function on any key press, or only when a specific key is pressed. Why Use onKeyPress? Use Cases […]
React onHover Event Handling (with Examples)
There is no onHover event handler in React. Instead, we have the onMouseDown, onMouseLeave, and onMouseEnter events to perform onHover actions in React.
Multiple onClick Events in React (With Examples)
There are several ways to call muliple onClick events in React, each with its own pros and cons. Let’s explore each one and learn how they work in React!
Pass a Parameter Through onClick in React
A common thing you will want to learn in React is how to pass a value as a parameter through the onClick event handler. Read on to learn how!
React onChange Events (With Examples)
The onChange event in React detects when the value of an input element changes. Let’s dive into some common examples of how to use onChange in React.
React onClick Event Handling (With Examples)
In React, the onClick handler allows you to call a function and perform an action when an element is clicked. onClick is the cornerstone of any React app.
JavaScript
How to Check if Object is Empty in JavaScript
I’ll show you how to check if an object is empty in JavaScript. Checking if an object is empty is not as simple as checking if an array is empty.
How to Remove a Character from a String in JavaScript
A common form of string manipulation in JavaScript is to remove a character from a string. Let’s explore all of the ways we can do this in JavaScript.
JavaScript Substring: Extracting Strings (With Examples)
The JavaScript substring method returns part of a string that is specified through two parameters: the start character and end character of that string.
Web Development
Best Atom Packages for Front End Developers (Updated 2019)
Love Atom? Are you a front end developer? Then read on as I share the best Atom packages for front end developers (Updated November 2018).
How React Reignited My Love for Web Development
It’s about time I shared my reasons why I came back to web development after five years of iOS development, and why I attribute a lot of these reasons to React.
jQuery vs React: The Ultimate Comparison Guide
jQuery and React are both JavaScript libraries, but they each have their pros and cons. Read on to answer the jQuery vs React debate!
