Issue #99 · February 18, 2019

React v16.8 (With Hooks) shipped

“Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet”

Best 7 links of week #7, 2019

React v16.8 (With Hooks) shipped

React v16.8 (With Hooks) shipped

With React 16.8, React Hooks are available in a stable release! What Are Hooks? Hooks let you use state and other React features without writing a class. You can also build your own Hooks to share reusable stateful logic between components.

Articles

Blotter.js

A JavaScript API for drawing unconventional text effects on the web.

On Being A Principal Engineer

A very interesting article about career progression in Tech. Does being a Principal Engineer means that you have to step into management or is there a career path that will allow you to stay highly technical and still grow within your company?

Book of the week

Big Data: Principles and best practices of scalable realtime data systems

Big Data: Principles and best practices of scalable realtime data systems

by Nathan Marz

Big Data teaches you to build big data systems using an architecture that takes advantage of clustered hardware along with new tools designed specifically to capture and analyze web-scale data. It describes a scalable, easy-to-understand approach to big data systems that can be built and run by a small team.