Mukil R’s Post

Stop recommending Next.js to beginners. You're handicapping them. Every week I see the same bad advice: "Just learn Next.js, it's the future." "Start with Next.js, it's easier." This is terrible. Here's why. Next.js hides too much complexity. Juniors learn magic, not fundamentals. File-based routing? Magic. API routes? Magic. SSR? Magic. Until it breaks in production. Then they have no idea what's happening under the hood. You can't debug what you don't understand. The code looks clean on the left. Simple. Beautiful. Then the terminal on the right turns red at 2 AM. And suddenly "it just works" becomes "I have no idea why this broke." The right path: Learn React from scratch first Build an Express server manually Then learn Next.js After you've done things the hard way, frameworks become tools instead of crutches. Framework-first learning produces developers who can build things but can't fix them. Fundamentals-first produces engineers who actually understand their stack. One gets you hired faster. The other keeps you hired longer. #nextjs #reactjs #webdevelopment #programming #juniordeveloper #techdebate #coding

📚 What I Focused on Learning This Week As a Frontend Developer, continuous learning is key. This week I explored: 🔹 React performance optimization 🔹 Custom hooks for reusable logic 🔹 Better state management patterns 🔹 Improving component reusability Small improvements every day lead to big growth over time. #frontenddeveloper #reactjs #learninginpublic

Tutorials make frontend look easy. Real projects don’t. In tutorials: Everything works. APIs respond perfectly. Design is ready. No legacy code. In real projects: APIs fail. Design changes mid-way. Edge cases appear. State gets messy. Deadlines exist. My first months in frontend were tutorial-heavy. I felt confident. Then I worked on real projects. Confidence dropped. Learning exploded. That’s when I understood: Tutorials teach syntax. Projects teach engineering. If you’re early in your career, build things that can break. That’s where real growth happens. What’s something real projects taught you that tutorials never did? #WebDevelopment #FrontendDevelopment #NextJS #SoftwareEngineering

🚀 Day 2 of My TypeScript Journey! Today was packed with learning — here's everything I covered: 📌 03 - Functions ✅ Function types & return types ✅ Optional parameters (?) ✅ Default parameters ✅ Arrow functions ✅ Rest parameters (...args) ✅ Function overloading 📌 04 - Async/Await ✅ What is a Promise? ✅ resolve & reject ✅ .then() & .catch() ✅ async/await syntax ✅ try/catch error handling ✅ Promise.all() — run multiple async tasks together 💡 Key Takeaways: 1️⃣ Always define return types in functions   → makes code predictable & safe 2️⃣ Use optional (?) for params that may not exist   → great for API responses 3️⃣ async/await is just cleaner Promise syntax   → same thing, easier to read 4️⃣ Always wrap await in try/catch   → never let errors crash your app 5️⃣ Promise.all() saves time   → runs multiple calls together instead of one by one 🔥 Tips & Tricks: → void = function returns nothing → never use any[] in rest params if you can avoid it → Promise<T> — always specify what type will return → async function always returns a Promise — even if you don't write it 📂 All code on GitHub: https://lnkd.in/dPRGnVsx Day 3 tomorrow — Generics! 💪 #TypeScript #100DaysOfCode #WebDevelopment #JavaScript #NodeJS #Pakistan #Developer #Coding #OpenToWork #NextJS #NestJS

Learn Next.js in this exact order and get hired faster. 🚀 I see the same mistake every week. Someone decides to learn Next.js, opens YouTube, watches a 6-hour tutorial, gets completely overwhelmed, and quietly gives up after 3 days. It’s not because they’re not smart enough. It’s because they’re learning in the wrong order. Here’s the 8-week roadmap that actually works 👇 Week 1–2 → React basics. Seriously. Don’t touch Next.js yet. Components, props, useState, useEffect. This is your foundation. No foundation = you’ll quit. Week 3 → File-based routing only. Make 3 pages. Link between them. That’s your entire goal. Nothing else. Week 4 → Server Components + fetch. Make a page async. Fetch from a real API. Watch data appear with zero useEffect. This is the moment everything clicks. Week 5–6 → Server Actions + database. Handle form submissions with "use server". Connect a database. Congrats — you’re now full-stack. Week 7 → Auth + protected routes. NextAuth or Clerk. Protect pages with middleware.ts. Every real app needs this. Now you know how to do it. Week 8 → Deploy and start applying. Push to Vercel in 5 minutes. Add it to your portfolio. You’re now more hireable than 80% of self-taught devs. 8 weeks. One clear path. No randomness. Which week are you currently on? Comment the number below 👇 Save this so you don’t lose the roadmap. 🔖 #NextJS #React #WebDevelopment #Beginners #LearnToCode #JavaScript #Frontend #100DaysOfCode #NextJSTips #TechCareer #Programming #GetHired #WebDev #CodingJourney

Learning Frontend Development is not only about writing code. It's about solving problems, improving user experience, and building something people actually use. Every small project you build makes you better. Keep coding. 🚀 #FrontendDeveloper #ReactJS #WebDevelopment

My React.js Learning Journey When I started with React, concepts like state management and component lifecycle felt overwhelming. But over time, I learned: - How to build reusable components - Managing global state using Redux & Recoil - Integrating REST APIs - Handling dynamic rendering - Writing cleaner, modular code The biggest lesson? Understanding fundamentals of JavaScript deeply makes React much easier. Still learning. Still improving. #ReactJS #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #LearningJourney #Redux #Recoil

🚀 Day 21 of my React Journey: Mastering Timing & Performance! ⚛️ Today was a deep dive into how we manage complex tasks and memory in React to build smoother, more efficient applications. Understanding how to control when and how code executes is a game-changer for performance. Here are my top takeaways from today’s session on Debounce, Throttle, and the useRef Hook: 🔹 The Power of useRef() Introduced in React 18x, the useRef hook is used to configure reference memory. It’s incredibly powerful because it allows you to store values or functions that can be accessed during a process without triggering unnecessary re-renders. While it’s not recommended for presentation, it is the perfect tool to use inside your application logic. 🔹 Debouncing: Efficiency Through Delay Sometimes, executing complex tasks immediately upon every trigger can cause issues. Debouncing is a mechanism where a task is loaded into memory and kept inactive for a specific duration. It ensures that a task is executed only once after being released from memory into the process. • Key Tools: managed via setTimeout() and clearTimeout(). 🔹 Throttling: Consistency Through Intervals Unlike debouncing, Throttling releases a copy of a task from memory into the process at regular time intervals. This creates a sequence of operations performed repeatedly—essential for features like digital clocks or stopwatches. • Key Tools: implemented using setInterval() and clearInterval(). Learning these concepts feels like unlocking a new level of control over the user experience. It's not just about making things work; it's about making them work optimally. Are you using useRef for more than just DOM references? Let’s talk about it in the comments! 👇 #ReactJS #WebDevelopment #Frontend #CodingJourney #LearningToCode #useRef #Javascript #Programming #100DaysOfCode #WebDevTips #SoftwareEngineering #ReactHooks

React.js learning journey ⚛️💻 Learning by building along with the tutorial and implementing it on my own system has been an amazing experience so far. Today’s key takeaways: 🔹 Understanding and using Props for reusable components 🔹 Dynamic content loading to make components more flexible 🔹 Conditional rendering to display UI based on different conditions These concepts made me realize how powerful and structured React is for building scalable user interfaces ✨ Step by step getting closer to my goal of becoming a skilled Full Stack Developer 🚀 #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #LearningJourney #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #FullStackDeveloper

🚨 The mistake most developers make They think becoming better means: - Learning another framework - Watching more tutorials - Writing more code But real growth started for me when I focused on: - Understanding problems deeply - Debugging instead of guessing - Designing before coding - Writing code other people can maintain - Anyone can make things work. Not everyone can make things last. Frameworks change. Engineering thinking doesn’t. What helped you grow the most as a developer: 👉 Building projects 👉 Or fixing real bugs? Comment “Projects” or “Bugs” 👇 #SoftwareEngineering #DeveloperGrowth #EngineeringMindset #BackendDevelopment #ProblemSolving #CareerInTech #TechLeadership #BuildInPublic #NodeJS #NestJS