In a server-driven React world with Server Components and Server Actions, the frontend is seamlessly and type-safely connected to the backend. Since providing server-side feedback is inevitable, whether for authorization, authentication, or other business logic, it makes sense to extend this approach to form validation too. That's why my approach…
There are always new technologies coming out in the React ecosystem. In this article, we will explore one (!) popular React tech stack for full-stack applications in 2025 which will allow you to create your own product (i.e. SaaS) or at least the MVP of it. Why would I write this guide in the first place? I have been working on many projects for…
When building React applications, fetching data is a common task. In this article, we'll explore different data fetching patterns for React components across client and server. It's important to note that this article is not about the different ways to fetch data in React applications , but rather about the patterns for fetching data in React…
React is becoming a full-stack framework with React Server Components and Server Actions. While React Server Components (RSC) allow us to read data in the UI from the database, Server Actions enable us to write data back to the database. Certainly UI and database will be close and simple in a small application, but in a larger application, there…
When submitting a form in React with a form action, you may be confronted with the question of how to handle the FormData when submitting it to the server with an action. Let's start with a straight forward example where a user can create a invoice by using a form. When a user submits the form, the data is sent to the server with a form action…
When submitting a form in React with a Server Action, you may be confronted with the question of how to (not) reset the form after the server action has been executed. Depending on the framework that you are using on top of React, the form may either reset automatically or you have to reset it manually. The default behavior of a form in React is…
In the world of client-side React, React Query is the industry standard for data fetching. However, in this tutorial, you'll learn how to fetch data using React Hooks without any third-party libraries. This approach helps beginners grasp the fundamentals of state and effect management in React, and understand how to build custom hooks. The custom…
Organizing large React applications into folders and files is a topic that often sparks strong opinions. I found it challenging to write about this, as there isn't a definitive "correct" approach. However, I frequently get asked how I structure my React projects, from small to large, and I'm happy to share my approach. After implementing React…
A React tutorial by example about how to use drag and drop in React. Here you will learn how to create a DnD component in React step by step. First, you will implement it as vertical list, later as horizontal list, and in between with lots of customizations as examples. We will be using @hello-pangea/dnd for this React tutorial. We will start the…
A beginner-friendly React tutorial that walks you through creating a dropdown component by example. In this guide, you'll learn step by step how to build a dropdown in React. While HTML offers a built-in select element for similar functionality, React doesn't have such native primitives for dropdown components. First, we need a HTML button element…
