REACT Best Practices

Best Practice 1 - Use a modern framework The first best practice is to use a modern React framework when you create a new project. The React documentation lists a bunch of them on their installation page. The framework provides the scaffolding for the project. A good framework makes sure that everything works out of the box. This is especially important when you want advanced features like the new React server components, which are not trivial to wire up. Good frameworks also add their own, additional features on top of the core React functionality. Different frameworks have different strengths and weaknesses. My favorite is Next.js, which is a full-stack React framework that comes with server components, server actions, an integrated routing system, automatic image optimization, and other features. To set up a new Next.js project, you run a simple CLI command: npx create-next-app@latest. Just take a look at this huge list of companies that use Next.js. Big names like Nike and Netflix are on there. Another tip is to use TypeScript for your projects. It has a bit of a learning curve when you're coming from JavaScript, but it makes working with large projects infinitely easier.