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When I learned React in 2014 it was a revelation. Coming from Angular 1, React was a breath of fresh air in a world full of foot-guns, confusing best practices, and unclear jargon (services, models, directives, oh my!) Instead, the future was simple: “everything is a component”. Components have prop…

The Compiled Future of Front End

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