Frontend

React Development

For the parts of a product that genuinely need a rich client.

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React is a library for building user interfaces from composable components with explicit state. It is well suited to interfaces where a lot of state lives in the browser and changes frequently: editors, drawing tools, live dashboards, complex multi-step forms and anything collaborative.

Its ecosystem is large, which is both the main advantage and the main cost. Almost any problem has an existing solution, and almost any problem has six of them with different lifespans.

Why we use it

We reach for React when a section of a product has genuine client-side complexity that server-rendered pages with targeted interactivity would handle awkwardly. In that situation the component model and the explicit state handling make the code much easier to reason about than the alternatives.

We do not use it by default. Shipping a large JavaScript bundle to render a list and a form is a real cost paid by every visitor on every load, particularly on mid-range phones. Most admin screens, portals and content pages are better and faster without it, so the decision is made per section rather than per project.