React Performance for Beginners

How to think about the performance of your React applications

It can get overwhelming thinking about how to ensure that your app is written in an efficient way. This series will look at the thought process and the patterns to look for to ensure that your applications consider React best practices in a simple way.

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  • Courtney Hackshaw

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    Courtney is a developer who loves bringing ideas to life. With Python, TypeScript, React, PHP, React Native and a dash of microservices magic 🪄, he’s passionate about building tools that make life easier — and sharing what he learns along the way. 💡 When he’s not shipping code, you’ll probably find him sketching out the next big side project or geeking out about how systems fit together. 🚀

Chapter listing

  1. Where React performance issues start

    Let's dive into the React fundamentals. This will help us build up a solid mental model that will allow us to understand what happens when react updates the UI.