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In the blog of Filio Force Inc. we continue to talk about the technologies that our specialists use in their work. Let’s focus on ReactJS, the most popular of all JavaScript libraries.
First of all, let us remind you that JavaScript is an interpreted programming language used for writing front-end and back-end parts of websites and mobile applications. You can also write simple games in JavaScript, as the developers at Filio Force Canada have done. It is also used in the Internet of Things and machine learning.
React is a JavaScript library for creating interfaces that change the display without reloading the page. This allows applications to respond quickly to user actions. Although React often appears on the same list as other JavaScript frameworks such as Angular or Ember, React is a library and not a framework. This means that by default it doesn’t have tools for managing state, routing and web requests. You need to install additional libraries for these. React was developed by Facebook. The first public version of the library was released in March 2013.
What you can build with React
React is great for building large-scale web applications where data can change on a regular basis. Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, WhatsApp, Dropbox and many other famous apps and services are built with React.
React was originally designed to build websites. But over time, the React Native platform emerged, designed for mobile devices. It is used to simultaneously build applications for the most popular Android and iOS platforms. Both versions of the application follow the recommendations of Apple and Google. In this case, development is faster and the same team of developers is involved.
Why React is so popular
React allows you to build a complex interface from small pieces of code called components. They are often compared to Lego bricks. These components are easy to build, reuse, test and maintain. Typically, components are written using JSX, which is an extension of the JavaScript syntax that is convenient for describing the interface. JSX looks a lot like HTML. Related to this is another important feature of the React library – declarative. This means that development is about describing what needs to be rendered on the page, not writing instructions on how to do it.
Using a virtual DOM is a big advantage of React. The browser performs a large number of different actions before displaying the requested page. The browser doesn’t work directly with the HTML page as code, but builds a DOM (Document Object Model) for it. This is a tree structure of the page made up of nodes. Each node is an object that can have certain properties and methods. The DOM stores information about the state of the interface. It is the DOM that allows us to access page elements using JavaScript. But when we try to manipulate HTML elements, we may encounter performance degradation, especially if there are a lot of elements. To solve this problem, the concept of a virtual DOM has emerged.
This is a lightweight copy of the regular DOM. When changes need to be made to the elements of a web page, they are first made in the virtual DOM. React then compares the new virtual DOM tree with the old one, builds up the difference between the two, and finds the minimum amount of manipulation required to update the real DOM to the new state. As a result, this scheme of interacting with web page elements works much faster and more efficiently than if we were to work directly with the DOM in JavaScript. The Filio Force team is ready to help clients develop and launch applications and programmes created with React.
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Every business owner focuses their resources on making their business thrive, increasing sales and growing profits. If you are an e-commerce business, you have a website that is the storefront for your shop or service. Naturally, you want your product pages, services or articles to rank highly in search engine results. Therefore, your website needs comprehensive promotion. The main aspects of this are described by the specialists at Filio Force Inc.
Machine learning. How it helps in life and business
Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence that focuses on creating systems that learn and evolve based on the data they receive. Self-driving cars and voice assistants on smartphones are technologies based on machine learning. Self-driving cars use computer vision technology. Voice assistants use speech and sound recognition technology.
SaaS Solutions. Benefits for users and developers
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Good code is clean code. Code quality affects the quality of software, its safety, security, and reliability. It is also a parameter determining the level and professionalism of developers.
The important stage in the process of development of any software is code checking. To do it manually is labour-intensive, troublesome, long and, as the result, expensive. Automation of the processes makes life of engineers easier and raises the efficiency of the development process itself. A serious verification system is able to generate test logic and run tests by itself to identify errors.
Cybersecurity. Can you be hacked with ChatGPT?
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What is a PaaS platform?
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This trend is supported by the increase in sales: in particular, in 2023, revenue from global retail sales through smartphones rose to 3.57 trillion dollars, compared with a “modest” 2.91 trillion dollars a year earlier. This is not surprising given that there are already 5.3 billion smartphone users worldwide, which is the vast majority of the world’s population.
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