Articles on web development, developer experience, and design systems.https://prateeksurana.me/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/guide-to-go-for-javascript-developers/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/guide-to-go-for-javascript-developers/A guide for JavaScript developers learning Go through direct comparisons of fundamental concepts between both languages.Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/nextjs-13-vs-remix-an-in-depth-case-study/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/nextjs-13-vs-remix-an-in-depth-case-study/A detailed comparison of the features Next.js 13 and Remix Run by building a Twitter Clone app in both frameworks.Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/fine-tuning-refs-with-useimperativehandle/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/fine-tuning-refs-with-useimperativehandle/Understand what refs in React are, how you can use them to manipulate DOM nodes and how you can customize the exposed refs with useImperativeHandleSat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/future-of-rendering-in-react/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/future-of-rendering-in-react/Understand what are the problems with current rendering patterns in React, and how the new rendering patterns introduced with React 18 and future versions of React aim to solve them.Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/simplify-immutable-data-structures-in-usereducer-with-immer/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/simplify-immutable-data-structures-in-usereducer-with-immer/Learn how you can simplify deeply nested state updates when using useReducer with Immer.Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/how-javascript-classes-work-under-the-hood/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/how-javascript-classes-work-under-the-hood/Learn what prototypes are in JavaScript, what are they used for, what prototype chaining is and how do JavaScript classes work under the hood with these concepts.Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/mastering-data-fetching-with-react-query-and-next-js/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/mastering-data-fetching-with-react-query-and-next-js/Learn how React Query simplifies data fetching and caching for you and how it works in tandem with the Next.js pre-rendering methodsTue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/javascript-developer-guide-to-browser-cookies/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/javascript-developer-guide-to-browser-cookies/Learn how browser cookies work and how you can access, manipulate and control their visibiliy across browser with JavaScript.Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/difference-between-eslint-extends-and-plugins/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/difference-between-eslint-extends-and-plugins/Learn how ESLint works, what are the role of plugins and extends keys in your ESLint config and how they make ESLint an extremely configurable and versatile JavaScript Linter.Sat, 11 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/avoid-using-state-for-computed-properties/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/avoid-using-state-for-computed-properties/Understand why creating state variables for properties that can be computed is a bad idea, and how you can handle some edge cases when you need to derive your state from props.Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/why-using-object-spread-with-reduce-bad-idea/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/why-using-object-spread-with-reduce-bad-idea/Explore why using object spread with .reduce() can sometimes significantly affect the performance of your JavaScript apps and libraries.Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/gitlens-supercharge-your-git-workflow/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/gitlens-supercharge-your-git-workflow/Some of my favorite features of the GitLens VSCode extension that can help you optimize your git workflow in VSCode.Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/when-should-you-memoize-in-react/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/when-should-you-memoize-in-react/Explore why premature optimization can be bad in React and when should you actually use the memoization methods provided by ReactSun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/javascript-tips-for-react-developers/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/javascript-tips-for-react-developers/Check out how you can write more efficient, maintainable and clean React code with these simple tips.Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/integrating-recaptcha-with-nextjs/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/integrating-recaptcha-with-nextjs/Check out how you can take advantage of Next.js' API routes to get the most out of CAPTCHA solutions like reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha.Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://prateeksurana.me/blog/react-component-library-with-storybook-7/https://prateeksurana.me/blog/react-component-library-with-storybook-7/Learn how to build a 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