How I migrated a WebForms monolith to a .NET 8 API and React SPA

For years I was the person keeping an ASP.NET WebForms app alive. It ran the whole business: sales reps, their orders, commissions, the companies they represent. It also ran exclusively on Windows, leaned on a DevExpress control suite from 2011, and printed its reports through an engine that refused to build anywhere except one very … Read more

ReactJS summary

React is a component model, not a full framework. Understanding hooks, context, the reconciliation algorithm, and state management patterns determines whether you build maintainable apps or component soup. This post is a practical reference you can come back to whenever you are starting a new project or need a quick refresher. TL;DR: A React reference … Read more

React + Redux

React component state works fine until multiple components need the same data and prop drilling becomes unmanageable. Redux provides a single, predictable state container that any component can read from and dispatch actions to. TL;DR: A React + Redux reference: store setup, actions, reducers, selectors, and Thunk middleware for async operations.Stack: React, Redux, Redux Toolkit, … Read more