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AI Coding in React: What You Still Need to Know

AI Coding in React: What You Still Need to Know

AI tools like Cursor and Copilot make React development faster, but your React knowledge determines how good the output is. Here's what you need to know.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Mar 24, 2026

React Server Components in Practice: Patterns and Pitfalls

React Server Components in Practice: Patterns and Pitfalls

Practical patterns for React Server Components: where to place the server/client boundary, composing Server and Client Components, avoiding data fetching waterfalls, streaming with Suspense, serialization rules, and common pitfalls.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Mar 12, 2026

React Docs Refresh: useActionState and useOptimistic

React Docs Refresh: useActionState and useOptimistic

The React docs for useActionState and useOptimistic have been rewritten with clearer naming, new interactive sandboxes, and patterns from simple pending states to shopping carts with error recovery. Here's what changed and why it matters.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Feb 24, 2026

Breaking Down State of React 2025 Results

Breaking Down State of React 2025 Results

The State of React 2025 survey results are out. Explore what developers said about hooks, APIs, frameworks, React Server Components, and the tools shaping the React ecosystem today.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Feb 13, 2026

What's New in React 19.2

What's New in React 19.2

Learn what's new in React 19.2: Activity for state-preserving UI, useEffectEvent for cleaner effects, compiler-powered ESLint rules, and Performance Tracks in DevTools.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Feb 2, 2026

React Compiler: No More useMemo and useCallback

React Compiler: No More useMemo and useCallback

React Compiler automatically optimizes your components at build time. No more useMemo, useCallback, or React.memo. Learn how to set it up and what you need to know.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Jan 13, 2026

Starting a React Project? shadcn/ui, Radix, and Base UI Explained

Starting a React Project? shadcn/ui, Radix, and Base UI Explained

Understand unstyled component libraries, compare Radix and Base UI, and learn how shadcn/ui and shadcn/create help you build React apps your way.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Dec 24, 2025

Controlled vs Uncontrolled Components in React

Controlled vs Uncontrolled Components in React

Understanding controlled vs uncontrolled in React is about one question: who owns the state? Learn both meanings for form inputs and component design patterns.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Dec 8, 2025

React Free Weekend: 48 hours of Open Access to Premium React Certification Training

React Free Weekend: 48 hours of Open Access to Premium React Certification Training

Every year, we at Certificates.dev look for ways to make our certifications more accessible - not just for teams inside big tech companies, but for every developer who wants to validate their skills through real-world, hands-on learning. That’s why we are excited to announce our first-ever React Free Weekend, taking place on November 15–16, 2025.

Aurora Scharff

Aurora Scharff

Nov 11, 2025

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