It's a double header from me in this month's Web Designer. My choice of JavaScript APIs that are going to make an appearance in 2019, plus part two of my Redux series.

JavaScript in 2019 and working with Redux Thunk

State is hard - Redux makes it a little easier. The first in a five-part series introduces the concepts of Redux to a beginner audience.

Manage React application data with Redux

React is great, but it's quite overkill for most sites. Downloading the framework and the content too before anything shows up? That's no good. Server rendering can help, but it's tricky to set up and is prone to issues if it's not kept on top of. Is there a way to get the composibility of React without any of the icky JS-only website stuff?

Create a static website with Gatsby

The best pieces of code are the ones that aren't written. Making generic, reusable classes has been the key to good development for the longest time. The same goes for React and its component system. Make a generic `` and build from there.

Develop reusable React components with Storybook

Web applications today are fast-moving, multi-user experiences. Things change all the time by people using the same resources. What happens if someone makes a change to a file someone else is also editing? The updates would need to be pushed out to everyone else involved.

Creating a Feedback App with React and WebSockets

CSS in large projects - particularly applications with frameworks like React - can be difficult to scale. Stylesheets tend to inflate over time when developers become too scared to delete old styles just in case they get used somewhere else. Even if they do, in component-based designs, there's every chance the styles and the code behind it become separated and lost when copying across projects.

Styling React with Fela

Compared to JavaScript, CSS doesn't seem to get as much fun stuff. Sure, there's things like CSS Grid and snap points, but nothing quite on the level of, say, service workers. Well, with Houdini they both come together and that's all going to change. In the latest Web Designer, we check out the first piece of the puzzle landing in browsers - the CSS Paint API.

Playing with the CSS Paint API

Love them or hate them, tests are the backbone of any major project. A great place to start is the humble unit test. But what is a unit test? How do you use them in React applications? The latest edition of Web Designer is here to help you out.

Testing React Components with Jest and Enzyme

If you're looking for a way to get into JavaScript, work with a new API or just want to flex your muscles then the latest edition of Web Designer has you covered.

Create a Data Mashup with Twitter, Flickr and Google Maps APIs

In this month's Web Designer we take a look at something desperately lacking on the web - smooth performance with animations.

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