Next.js 12.1 Released — Don’t be fooled by the “.1”, this is a big release for the React powered framework. It introduces a beta version of on-demand incremental static regeneration (ISR), now automatically configures Jest for you, and can create smaller, more efficient ‘standalone’ builds of your app for production deployment.
Vercel
JavaScript to Know for React — A golden oldie we’ve seen doing the rounds again this week. It remains a perfect primer of several key JS features though with examples of features that will help you with React development in particular.
Kent C Dodds
Security of React Native Libraries: The Bad, the Worse and the Ugly — A really deep dive into “issues in third party libraries that drastically affect the security of the main application”. These range from official guides which recommend insecure libraries through easily-misused APIs.
Anastasiia Voitova and Julia Potapenko (Cossack Labs)
React Developer at X-Team (Remote) — Join the most energizing community for developers and work on long-term projects for Riot Games, FOX, Sony, Coinbase, and more. X-Team
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Creating a ‘Reading Progress’ Bar with React and Tailwind — Communicating reading progress is just one potential application of this concept. With some adaptation and a data store it should also be possible to track reader engagement—that is, Medium-like stats on how much of the material is actually being read.
Anshuman Bhardwaj
Code and Tools
Quick Bits:
react-native-mask-input — Text input with masking for React Native along with support for obfuscating characters.