Typing dates manually often leads to errors, especially when different formats like MM/DD/YYYY and DD/MM/YYYY are in play. That’s where a date picker component becomes incredibly useful. In React, the most popular library for this task is react-datepicker. Over the years, I’ve used it in many projects: from scheduling apps to employee onboarding systems, and … Read more >>
I realized that visualizing tasks on a timeline was not as simple as I expected when I first started managing projects in React. I had deadlines, dependencies, and milestones to manage, but looking at plain lists in tables wasn’t cutting it. That’s when I turned to a Gantt chart. A Gantt chart provides a clear … Read more >>
Working with React for more than a decade has given me plenty of chances to experiment with both class components and functional components. When Hooks were introduced, I immediately loved how simple they made state management and side effects. But in real-world projects, I often had to deal with older codebases full of class components. … Read more >>
Debugging React can sometimes feel like chasing shadows. I still remember one of my first React projects where I was stuck for hours because a simple component refused to render. No error messages, no warnings, just a blank screen. Over the years, I’ve run into this issue multiple times, both in personal projects and while … Read more >>
I was working on a React project for a US-based client, and I ran into a situation where one faulty component crashed the entire app. The problem was clear—React needed an error boundary. But error boundaries were originally designed for class components, and I mostly use functional components. After a bit of research and trial-and-error, … Read more >>
While working on a React project, I ran into a warning that said: At first, it looked harmless, but I quickly realized it could lead to memory leaks and unpredictable behavior in my app. Since I’ve spent more than a decade writing Python and JavaScript code, I’ve learned that these small warnings often point to … Read more >>
Recently, I was helping a team of junior developers in New York build a small React dashboard for tracking sales data. Some of them were using class components, while others preferred functional components with hooks. This created confusion, so I decided to walk them through both approaches. In this tutorial, I’ll show you the difference … Read more >>
As a developer, I was working on a React project where I wanted to reuse the same layout but swap out different components depending on the page. The issue was… I didn’t want to duplicate code or hard-code components into the layout. That’s when I discovered a trick: passing a component as a prop in … Read more >>
I was working on a React project where I needed to display a large dataset in a clean and user-friendly way. At first, I thought about building a custom table from scratch, but I quickly realized it would be time-consuming. That’s when I started using react-data-table-component (RDT). It’s lightweight, flexible, and makes table creation in … Read more >>
When you start a new React project, you might think Should I use JavaScript or try TypeScript? JavaScript is easier to begin with, but TypeScript helps you write cleaner and safer code. Picking the right one can significantly impact how quickly you work, the quality of your code, and the effectiveness of your team collaboration. … Read more >>
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