Hooks have been a thing in React for a while now. Some have even claimed that you can replace state flow libraries such as Redux with them. Is that correct? Let’s find out.
By Ann Marie Fred
We’re taught to separate our dev, test and staging environments with thousand-meter-tall walls, and never ever ever test software in production. That’s correct… about five years ago. Enjoy this run through modern SRE techniques.
https://opensource.com/article/19/5/dont-test-production/
By Sergey Tselovalnikov
Developers tend to assume the clocks that we have access to in our favorite languages behave like wall clocks (admit it, you’ve at least at some point assumed that they’re monotonic). That’s not correct - check out how badly we’re all mistaken.
http://serce.me/posts/16-05-2019-the-matter-of-time/
By KBall
You’ve definitely heard about micro services. But micro front ends? Well, that’s a thing now, and it’s a very similar concept, just applied to front end work.
https://zendev.com/2019/06/17/microfrontends-good-bad-ugly.html
By Mike Green
Yes we have useReducer now. And as cool as it is - no, it’s not a replacement for Redux. A great in-depth explanation and a recommended read.
https://www.simplethread.com/cant-replace-redux-with-hooks/
By Rafael Quintanilha
And if you haven’t had the chance to play around with Hooks yet, here’s a step by step guide from Rafael at ButterCMS. Short and sweet, just how we like it.
https://buttercms.com/blog/learn-react-hooks-by-writing-your-first-hook
Bonus! It’s a long weekend around here, so here’s something off this geek’s personal reading list - a little something on video game level design.
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