This month’s newsletter highlights React’s new compiler beta, key updates from Next.js Conf 2024, and industry shifts toward full-stack roles and modern CSS. AI-driven tools like GitHub Copilot and Project IDX are further advancing development workflows.

October 2024

Frontend report october 2024

This roundup highlights the latest in React and Next.js, including Server Functions, the React 19 compiler, and self-hosting with OpenNext. Find tips on lazy loading, CSS Grid, JavaScript's evolution, plus new tools and expert insights.

September 2024

Frontend report September 2024

A comprehensive August 2024 update on key advancements in React 19, Next.js 15, and web development tools. Highlights include new async transitions, server components, SSR performance comparisons, and emerging technologies in the web development landscape

August 2024

Frontend report August 2024

When we started working on this project aimed at the creative community, we faced an interesting challenge. We needed to build a model that was similar to a task but with a key difference: it had to support custom, dynamic, and extensible properties. If you’ve ever used Notion and appreciated how flexible its objects are, you’ll know exactly what we were trying to achieve.

Designing a model with dynamic properties

The Front-end Market Report for July 2024 gives you a snapshot of what’s happening in the world of web development. React is evolving with Server Components making waves, and Next.js continues to push the boundaries of performance. Vite is solidifying its position as a top build tool, while TypeScript and other frameworks hold steady. Whether you’re looking for the latest updates or just want to stay in the loop, this report has you covered with key trends, tools, and insights to keep you informed.

July 2024

Frontend report July 2024

Local-first software is an approach to software development that emphasizes data ownership, offline functionality, and real-time collaboration. This model ensures data is primarily stored on the user's device, enhancing privacy and control while enabling seamless synchronization and collaboration without relying on continuous internet connectivity

¶ Local-first software

When working with complex GraphQL schemas, it's common to have shared fields across different types. A fragment colocation pattern allows us to define fragments alongside their corresponding components, resulting in a more cohesive and maintainable codebase.

A fragment colocation pattern with React & Apollo GraphQL

We helped Swift, an e-commerce partner, implement a micro frontend architecture with a shared design system that improved development efficiency and created a consistent user experience across multiple applications.

Swift

Swift: Building a micro frontend design system for e-commerce

As web applications become more complex and feature-rich, traditional frontend architectures such as monolithic will become harder to maintain, scale, and evolve. Micro-frontend is an emerging front-end architecture that aims to address these challenges by breaking down the front-end into small, independent and reusable modules.

Why micro frontend

Variable fonts are a font format that allows for a single font file to contain multiple variations of a typeface.

Variable fonts

Use meaningful HTML elements: `<form>`, `<input>`, `<label>`, and `<button>`.

Sign-in form best practices

Fiber is the new reconciliation algorithm since React 16, a completely backward-compatible rewrite of the old reconciler (Stack Reconciler).

React fiber

This article provides an overview of Atomic CSS, including its definition, variations, purposes, and how it compares to other CSS approaches.

An introduction to atomic CSS

This article demonstrates how to use CSS transforms, perspective and some scaling trickery to create a pure CSS parallax scrolling website.

Ngo Lap Nguyen