It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Refs make it possible to access DOM nodes directly within React. This comes in handy in situations where, just as one example, you want to change the child of a component. Let’s say you want to change the value of an <input /> element, but without using props or re-rendering the whole component.
That’s the sort of thing refs are good for and what we’ll be digging into in this post.… Read article
This article is not intended for seasoned React pros, but rather, those of us who make websites for a living and are curious how React can help us reason about updating user interfaces. I’ve been intrigued by React for some time, and now that it has gained some standing in the community as well as good reviews, the time to learn it seemed justified. There are so many new technologies constantly emerging in front end development that it’s sometimes hard … Read article