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To React with best practices. Written by @metamn.
On design systems
November 23, 2021A series of articles.
On design systems — 3
November 22, 2021Consistent user interfaces in web context.
On design systems — 2
November 10, 2021Design tools and processes.
How I write React code in 2021
May 29, 2021I optimize for less cognitive load.
On function signatures
May 28, 2021Where to destructure props, and assign default values to them.
On design systems — 1
January 06, 2021Workflow, practices and deliverables.
My current stack
December 21, 2020For highly interactive, static websites without API.
Things I've learnt in 2020
December 20, 2020React—used appropriately—works.
Things I've learnt — Q4 2019
January 28, 202022 things in random order.
A Big Picture
October 20, 2019React and the ecosystem mapped up.
How to write React code in 2019
October 20, 2019Cory House nails it.
On GraphQL
October 19, 2019Easy to use on the front-end. More complicated on the back-end.
We're gonna program like it's 1999
October 19, 2019How joy and simplicity was brought back into our lives by the Facebook crew.
The reactive, functional nature of React
October 08, 2019React follows the Functional Reactive Programming paradigm. That’s a shift from the old proactive, imperative approach.
Ontology, taxonomy, choreography
October 07, 2019A way to think about Information Architecture in React terms.
On state
October 05, 2019Everything in React rolls around the concept of state.
Rapid prototyping for GraphQL APIs?
October 03, 2019That’s nearly impossible today.
Identify the right leaders
October 03, 2019Or else.
Is GraphQL functional and reactive?
October 02, 2019GraphQL comes from the same family as React. And React is functional and reactive.
Putting React in context
September 25, 2019A deep dive into the language and the ecosystem around.
Updating a WordPress theme to React
August 14, 2019Get a SPA on a headless WordPress!
Thoughts on React after the first commercial project
July 31, 2019It’s the future. It’s expensive. It’s unstable. And all these (will be) manageable.
GraphQL and REST APIs with AWS
May 19, 2019Recently I’ve been commissioned to find out ways to create APIs on AWS to be consumed by web and native mobile clients.
After five months — Gatsby
May 10, 2019Theming and live preview: the most important features of a classic CMS now available also in Gatsby.
After five months — React
May 09, 2019We couldn’t have better news. Lean code. Official stack. Strong leader.
After five months — Storybook
May 08, 2019Shiny new features on the way!
React inspired BEM / SCSS styling
March 31, 2019New techniques for old problems.
There is no official style guide for React
January 08, 2019And we clearly miss it.
A monochromatic palette with HSL and React
January 08, 2019Pick two colors … and voila!
RGB vs. HSL: another round
January 08, 2019One should be able to use code to work with colors, and think about colors in the same way thinks about other programming artifacts like data and algorithms.
An ideal color tool
January 08, 2019A tool to generate color palette for sites and apps is always welcome. Yet one perfectly tailored to web is missing.
Setting up a typographic grid with React
January 07, 2019To have an ideal grid where all elements are both vertically and horizontally aligned is possible. And a bit difficult.
Bauhaus to emoji: A call for a new typography
December 19, 2018Typography has to be completely rethought.
Four types of responsiveness in React
December 14, 2018With React — a reactive / responsive framework — it’s time to rethink the responsiveness of a website.
Designing with Storybook
December 14, 2018No one can imagine how much creativity gone lost while we had no Storybook or an alternative.
To React with best practices
December 13, 2018WordPress is here with Gutenberg — it’s time to react.