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TAO OF REACT - SOFTWARE DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE & BEST PRACTICES

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Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

This article dives into best practices for React application structure and design, with general rules for building a productive codebase. It covers various aspects, including components, state management, application structure, performance, testing, styling, and data fetching. The article advocates favoring functional components, maintaining consistency in component styles, and using meaningful component names. It also suggests organizing helper functions outside the component definition, avoiding hard-coded repetitive markup, and managing component size effectively.