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Why do many software developers violate the open/closed principle?
Why do many software developers violate the open/closed principle by modifying many things like renaming functions which will break the application after upgrading?
This question jumps to my head ...
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What is the actual value of a consistent code style
I am part of a consultant team implementing a new solution for a customer. I am
responsible for the majority of code reviews on the client-side codebase (React and javascript).
I have noticed that ...
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Why is JSX good, when JSP scriptlets are bad?
React.js provides JSX as an XHTML-like syntax for constructing a tree of components and elements. JSX compiles to Javascript, and instead of providing loops or conditionals in JSX proper, you use ...
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camelCase, PascalCase, or underscore if you start from scratch with reactjs?
Title says it all. Can't seem to find what is most common out in the world.
I'm brand new to programming.
If the answer is "it depends", I would love to know what it depends on. Here to learn.
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React: Nested object as state vs individual properties
Are there any use-cases where a nested object as state is either more optimal/easier to work with than individual properties?
For instance if I wanted to express some user controls for interacting ...
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Benefits of using a JS Framework
I am starting a new project and trying to decide if I should use a Javascript framework (like vue.js or react) and create a Ruby on Rails API, or use Ruby on Rails to server-side render pages and ...
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How to manage chaotic code explosion in React application
So we decided to redo UI of our web application in React. Six months down the lane and we have a complete mess of components and reducers and thunks and actions and god knows what not.
We have ...
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Why are React keys limited to strings?
In React, when rendering a mapping from elements of a list/array/iterable to React elements, we're required to attach a locally-unique key to each element. Generally this is so that if an element ...
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Would a site like stack overflow be better as separate static builds or a single app with run-time switches for each community?
I'm designing a web application. I'd like to use sub-domains to split the site into logic separate sections based on some category - exactly like the stack exchange websites do. I'm currently aware of ...
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How do functional programming advocates use a framework like React or Angular?
I read this blog post recently:
The Two Pillars of JavaScript
Part 1: How to Escape the 7th Circle of Hell, which is essentially a criticism of object oriented programming, and advocacy for funtional ...
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How to passing variables from php to react.js component?
For example, I have a react.js component named Question which need the props title,id,content.
<div id="main-section">
<div id="question"></div>
</div>
ReactDOM.render(
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Hot swapping files and metaprogramming with front-end JavaScript
I was inspired by a video on hotswapping JS files with React + Webpack for the web. I started trying it out with React + Backbone + RequireJS.
Seems to work, as long as I stick to the stateless parts ...
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ReactJS - lift state to main container or export a helper?
I'm using ReactJS (React Hooks, specifically) to build an application. Part of that application involves account creation, sign-in, and authentication. I only recently finished the sign-in feature, ...
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continuous deployment of web application built with multiple packages
Our react web application is broken down to multiple components. Some of these components are part of the same git mono repo and some live in a different repo.
Now, to implement a bug fix we have to ...
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Animations and React -- is it bad practice to mix them?
I have been in arguments with programmers that mixing elements with animations and react is very bad practice, and that all animations should be in a style sheet because that is something ...
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