~reactstatus | Issue 396 - React as a full-stack framework? (10)

React is (Becoming) a Full-Stack Framework — Robin opines on some widely discussed topics in the React community over the past year or two: Where’s React going? Is it a frontend library? How does the backend fit in? He shares his thoughts on what led him to use Server Components and Server Actions and to consider React as more of a full-stack solution.

The Official Redux Essentials Tutorial, Redux — The long standing guide to how to use the popular Redux state container the right way with best practices has undergone a big reworking with TypeScript used throughout, new concepts added, and more coverage of RTK/React Toolkit features.

Waku Joins the React 19 Server Actions Train — Tired of big meta frameworks? Waku is a breath of fresh air. It brings just enough to build complete, modern React apps without fuss. As of yesterday’s v0.21 release, it has full support for React’s new server actions API too. I think we’ll see much more of Waku soon..

The Art of Dithering and Retro Shading for the Web — A lot of time spent building a striking effect for the Web has turned into an equally fantastic deep dive on the concepts around rendering graphical effects using shaders in React Three Fiber.

Is Google Translate Crashing React Apps? — An interesting look at how a built-in Chrome extension is manipulating the DOM on pages in such a way that could break React (and other) frontend apps.

Docusaurus 3.5: The Docs Generation Tool Adds More Blog Features — I can always tell when I’m reading a site generated with Docusaurus because they look so good. Originally focused on producing strong documentation sites, v3.5 introduces several features to make rendering project blogs much better.

Legend State: A Tiny, Fast and Modern State System — A year ago, Jack Herrington wondered if Legend State could be ▶️ ‘the ultimate state manager’ and things have progressed a lot since, with it now boasting being the fastest React state library in town. Want to learn more? Here’s the official pitch.

Vite React Boilerplate: A Production Ready Starter Template — A ‘batteries included’ Vite + React app template that leans upon, well, a lot of batteries, from Zustand to Zod to Storybook and many other tools and libraries.

React Figma: Use Components as a Source for Figma Designs — Many folks use Figma to mock up designs for React components, but what about the other way around? Use components as a source for your designs in Figma!

Volta 2.0: Install and Run JavaScript Tools Quickly — A long-standing Rust powered tool for installing and switching JavaScript related tools (like Node, TypeScript, Yarn, etc.) … “no matter the package manager, Node runtime, or OS.” GitHub repo.