🚀 Just shipped my Movie Search Web App 🎬 I built this project with a strong focus on mastering React.js fundamentals and architecture, aiming to go beyond basics and understand how real-world frontend applications are structured and scaled. 💡 About the Project: This is a movie search application that allows users to explore movies in real-time using the TMDB API. The main goal was not just functionality, but writing clean, modular, and maintainable React code. 🛠️ Core Focus (React.js): ✔️ Deep dive into component-based architecture ✔️ Understanding how to structure scalable React apps ✔️ Practical use of React Hooks in real scenarios ✔️ Managing UI and global state efficiently ⚙️ Tech & Concepts Used: ✔️ useState – managing dynamic state ✔️ useEffect – handling API calls & lifecycle ✔️ useContext – global state (avoiding prop drilling) ✔️ API Integration & async/await ✔️ Conditional rendering & real-time UI updates 📂 Project Structure (Simplified): src/ ├── components/ → Reusable UI components (MovieCard, SearchBar) ├── context/ → Global state management (MovieContext) ├── services/ → API calls (TMDB integration) ├── pages/ → Main screens (Home, etc.) ├── App.jsx → Root component └── main.jsx → Entry point 👉 This structure helped me understand separation of concerns and how to build apps that are easy to scale and maintain. 🌐 Live Demo (Deployed on Netlify): https://lnkd.in/g3k3WKxm 💻 GitHub Repository: https://lnkd.in/g2R5-swi 📌 Key Learnings: This project strengthened my understanding of: • Structuring React applications professionally • Handling real-world APIs • Managing global state efficiently • Writing cleaner and more maintainable code ⚡ What’s Next: Planning to level this up with: • Favorites/Watchlist feature • Routing (React Router) • Pagination • Improved UX (loading skeletons, better error handling) • Performance optimization Would love your feedback and suggestions 🙌 Let’s connect and build more amazing things! #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #JavaScript #Projects #LearningInPublic #DeveloperJourney
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Excited to share my latest project: The Daily Life Planner 🚀 I just wrapped up a full-stack React application focused on productivity and clean UI. This isn't just another To-Do list; it’s a fully functional CRUD app integrated with a JSON Server backend to ensure persistent data management. Key Features: ✅ Full CRUD Functionality: Create, Read, Update, and Delete tasks seamlessly via REST API. 📊 Live Progress Tracking: Visual feedback on task completion using dynamic progress bars. 🎨 Modern Dark UI: A custom-styled, immersive "fullscreen" experience built with CSS Grid and Flexbox. ⚡ Asynchronous State: Managed with React useEffect and useState for a smooth, lag-free user experience. Tech Stack: React.js, Vite, JSON Server (REST API), and Custom CSS. Check out the code here: [Insert GitHub Link] #ReactJS #WebDevelopment #Frontend #Programming #JavaScript #UIUX #ProductivityTools
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🚀 Just built a NewsApp using React + TypeScript! I wanted to level up my frontend skills, so I created a real-time news application that fetches live headlines using APIs and displays them in a clean, responsive UI 📰 ✨ Features: ✅ Top headlines by category (Business, Science, Sports, etc.) ✅ Country-based news filtering 🌍 ✅ Pagination (Next / Previous navigation) ✅ Click to read full news article 🔗 ✅ Loading spinner for better UX 🛠️ Tech Stack: React • TypeScript • Bootstrap • REST API 💡 What I learned: Handling API integration and async data Managing state and pagination logic Improving UI/UX with reusable components Working with real-world data scenarios 📂 GitHub: https://lnkd.in/dM48ikgE I’m continuously improving this project — next step is adding infinite scroll and better UI 🚀 Would love your feedback and suggestions! #React #TypeScript #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #UIDeveloper #JavaScript #CodingJourney #Projects
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Another project completed! 🚀 I'm excited to share my latest React build: a fully functional Task Manager (To-Do List). For this application, I focused on solidifying core React concepts and state management: 🔹 State Management: Utilizing useState to handle the dynamic array of tasks. 🔹 Array Methods: Implementing map and filter to render, complete, and delete specific items seamlessly. 🔹 Dynamic UI: Real-time updates and conditional styling for an intuitive user experience. Check out the video below to see the functionality in action! I'll leave the link to the GitHub repository in the first comment. 👇 #ReactJS #Frontend #WebDevelopment #JavaScript #SoftwareEngineering
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🍕🚀 Making Food Delivery Faster, One Millisecond at a Time Just wrapped up a major optimization of the checkout experience for a food delivery service in the Leningrad region. ⚙️ What was improved: ⚡️ Instant Address Autocomplete Rebuilt DaData integration Trigger from the 1st character Added 150ms debounce Implemented suggestionsCache 👉 Result: near-instant search experience 🧩 Robust Form State Fixed “jumping cursor” & focus loss Improved React Hook Form behavior Synced Redux store with local form state 👉 Result: smooth and stable input experience 🧾 Smart Receipt Generation Rebuilt receipt calculation logic Supports: dynamic taxes delivery fees complex discount stacking 👉 Result: clear and accurate pricing before payment 🎯 Business Logic Accuracy Fixed double-discount bug (birthday logic) Unified pricing calculations across the app 👉 Result: checkout = receipt (100% consistency) ✨ UI Polish Animated Border Beam effects Shimmer loading states for cart Smooth theme transitions 👉 Result: more premium, modern feel 🎯 Goal Zero friction from cart → “Order Placed” 🛠️ Tech Stack React • TypeScript • Next.js • Redux Toolkit • Tailwind CSS 💬 I’d love to hear your thoughts! Any feedback, suggestions, or critiques are welcome. ❤️ Or just drop a like — always appreciated #Frontend #ReactJS #WebDev #BuildInPublic #TypeScript #UIUX #NextJS
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I learnt a lot doing this project. Understood the use of React like never before and how certain features are utilized. Features: -> Drag-and-drop tasks across the Todo, Working, Completed columns using a React Library -> Add, edit, and view tasks with modals -> State management using React Context -> Persistent tasks with localStorage -> Learned advanced React hooks, context, and dynamic UI handling This project helped me level up my React skills and understand interactive, state-driven UIs. React Todo Website: https://lnkd.in/eXKm3Hqn Check it out on GitHub: https://lnkd.in/exiv6Tpv #ReactJS #Frontend #WebDevelopment #UIUX #TodoApp #JavaScript
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🚀 Just built a Rick and Morty Characters Viewer using React Excited to share my latest project where I worked with a real-world API and built a dynamic UI with filtering and sorting features. --- 📸 What I Built: 🟢 Displayed characters with image, name, status & species 🔍 Real-time search functionality 🎯 Filter by status (Alive / Dead / Unknown) 🔃 Sorting (A → Z / Z → A) ⏳ Loading state handling ❌ Error handling 🚫 “No Characters Found” state --- 💡 Learning Outcomes: - Learned API integration using React - Improved understanding of React Hooks (useState, useEffect) - Built filtering & sorting logic - Handled loading and error states - Practiced clean component-based architecture - Improved UI/UX design thinking --- 🌐 Live Demo: https://lnkd.in/dYDBGCrx 💻 GitHub Repository: https://lnkd.in/dhmiW_qc --- This project gave me hands-on experience with real API data handling and frontend development best practices. Would love your feedback! 🙌 #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #Projects #Learning #JavaScript
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Excited to share my latest frontend project! 🚀 I’ve been diving deep into React state management and hooks, and to put those concepts into practice, I built a fully functional Notes Application. It was a great challenge to piece together a seamless user experience while keeping the data persistent. ✨ Key Features: Full CRUD Functionality: Create, View, Edit, and Delete notes seamlessly. Persistent Data: Integrated browser localStorage so you never lose your thoughts, even after a refresh. Clean UI: Designed with modern frontend principles for a smooth, intuitive experience. 🛠️ Tech Stack: React (useState, useEffect) and Tailwind. Building this really solidified my understanding of component lifecycles and managing state effectively across an app. Check out the live demo and code below! 👇 🔗 Live Demo: https://lnkd.in/dGrpucvs 💻 GitHub Repo: https://lnkd.in/djktwH2i I'd love to hear any feedback or suggestions from the community! What features should I add next? 🤔 #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #JavaScript #UI #BuildInPublic
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🚀 From Backend to Frontend — Built my first React Data-Driven UI Following up on my previous Node.js + EJS project, I took the next step into frontend development and built a travel journal app using React ⚛️ 🔹 What it does: Displays travel entries dynamically from data Uses reusable components for clean UI Renders content using JavaScript + JSX 💡 What I learned: Component-based architecture in React Passing props and rendering dynamic data Structuring a scalable frontend project Using Vite for faster development 📂 Example: Each travel card is generated from a data file → no hardcoding (Feels powerful when UI becomes data-driven 🔥) 🛠 Tech Stack: React.js | JavaScript | CSS | Vite This is a small step, but it helped me understand how real-world apps are built using reusable components. Next step → Connecting frontend with backend APIs 🚀 Would love feedback from the community 🙌 #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #FullStack #LearningInPublic
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Honestly, I didn't even realise how bad it was until the client pointed it out. "The dashboard is too slow. Users are leaving." That message hit different. 😅 We were so focused on shipping features that performance had taken a back seat. Classic mistake. So I sat down, opened DevTools and started digging. What I found was embarrassing honestly 😄 Here's what was wrong and how we fixed it 1. Everything was re-rendering. Constantly. Components re-rendering on every state change even when nothing relevant changed. We hadn't used useMemo or useCallback properly. I know — basic stuff. But in the rush of delivery, it just slips. Fixed it. Immediate difference. ⚡ 2. We were loading everything on the first paint Every single route, every feature, every component — all loading upfront. No code splitting at all. React.lazy + Suspense fixed this. Only load what the user needs right now. Should have done this from day one honestly. 3. A list rendering 500+ items at once Every item in the DOM at the same time. The browser was struggling and honestly so were we 😄 react-window saved us here. Virtual scrolling — only renders what's visible. Felt like a completely different app instantly. 4. useEffect was firing API calls like crazy Duplicate requests. Unnecessary fetches. Stale data everywhere. We thought it was a backend issue for two days. It wasn't. It was us. 😅 A proper custom useFetch hook with correct dependency arrays fixed everything. One clean pattern across the whole codebase. 5. Images. Nobody had touched them. Full size images loading on every page. Not a single one optimised. When I saw this I actually laughed because it was such an easy fix we had completely ignored. next/image + lazy loading. Done. 🚀 The result? 6 seconds → under 2 seconds load time. Client happy. Neha happy. Team finally sleeping properly 😄 The lesson I took from this — performance is not something you fix at the end. It's something you think about from the very first component you write. If your React app feels slow right now — start with these 5 things. I promise one of them is the culprit. #ReactJS #WebPerformance #FrontendDevelopment #JavaScript #NextJS #TypeScript #React #SoftwareEngineering #WebDevelopment #FrontendEngineer
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I just finished building a new personal project! 🚀 I wanted to challenge myself with complex UI interactions and state management, so I built a fully functional Kanban Board Dashboard. The biggest challenge? Making the drag-and-drop feel instant while keeping the database perfectly synced in the background. Here is how I solved it: 🛠️ The Tech Stack: Next.js (App Router), Material UI, and @hello-pangea/dnd. 🧠 State Management: I split the state into two layers. I used Zustand for instant, optimistic UI updates on the client, and TanStack React Query to handle the heavy lifting of caching and REST API mutations in the background. ⚡ Performance: Dragging cards across the DOM can be heavy, so I heavily utilized React.memo and useMemo to prevent unnecessary re-renders of the rest of the board. It features full CRUD capabilities, instant full-text search, and priority sorting. Check out the live demo here: https://lnkd.in/dTGYpmR8 Dive into the code here: https://lnkd.in/dNMFiXsx I'd love to hear your thoughts or feedback! What features would you add next? 👇 #React #Nextjs #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #Zustand
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