What options do I have to manage my React app state? What are the different state management libraries available? Managing state in a React application can be challenging because of the complex interactions between components. And as an application grows and evolves, it is easy for the state to become…

I work for a digital bank as Mobile Tech Lead. This article has been written in the context of showing the community what to expect from building a large-scale React-Native application. This is my own perspective and doesn’t disclose the full reality of our mobile application. When you start building…

Every developer has a unique set of career development goals. It is one thing to be talented yet another to work hard and excel. Whether you’re just starting off in your career or preparing for your next move, there are always ways to improve your performance and stand out. I’ve…

Functional programming has become a topic of great interest to the javascript community. Developers want to build more predictable applications by composing functions and assembling components where each piece has its own responsibility. It’s the ultimate modular paradigm. When it comes to building software, be it a website, a mobile…

Redux composition and encapsulation at a large scale — Edit: As of November 2021, I am not recommending using Redux for sharing API data across React applications. There used to be a time where it was the best way, but today there are amazing libraries out there such as React-Query resolving API state management perfectly well. Building a large…

What I’ve learned from building web, then mobile apps with React — React-Native has been around for about 2 years and became a really interesting framework since it can be used for Android and let us build cross-platform mobile apps. A few contributors also customized the framework to build desktop apps for Mac and Windows, which is quite cool. React-Native is very…

It’s essential to many apps, and I myself have been wondering how I could provide a secure way for my users to register and authenticate to my apps without third-party strategies. …

I’ve been working on very large web applications for the past few years, starting from ground zero and, with a dozen other developers, making them scale up to now be used by millions of people. …