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The React paradigm shift

React is currently in a transition period, moving away from a 100% client-side approach toward one where the server plays a significant role in rendering interfaces. Why? Let’s take a closer look at the main symptoms reflecting this transformation. The arrival of Server Components Still describe...

#react #ssr #spa #nextjs #remix #gatsby

Published on Dec 5, 2024

From unit testing to integration testing: setup, findings and limits

Introduction Some of the frontend projects KNP works on are business applications that require a rich and responsive interface. The development of an SPA generally matches these needs, despite a potentially high complexity, and the cost raise it implies. In such codebase, we commonly find the fo...

#typescript #react #redux #msw #testing

Published on Nov 21, 2024

Choosing a front-end stack for a Symfony backend

Each customer project comes with its own specificities, and as developers at KNP it's usually our job to choose or advise on the suite of tools needed to implement them. The javascript ecosystem is dizzyingly rich. I hope that this article will help developers, whether beginners or experienced, with...

#symfony #ssr #spa #javascript #react #vuejs

Published on Feb 16, 2024

Gradual migration from Twig to React with Symfony UX and Redux

When the going gets tough and you realise that you can't recover from a drunken seminar overnight, it's a good idea to console yourself by remembering that our tools age faster than we do.

#javascript #react #twig #symfony #migration #redux

Published on Sep 20, 2023

Design system implementation

Presentation of the UI Kit and the Storybook, two documents that strongly link the design and dev teams during the development process of an application.

#design #designops #quality

Published on May 16, 2023

Deploy multiple branches on your staging environment

In software development, the testing phase can be a significant bottleneck in the process. The multi-build staging environment has emerged as a valuable solution to these problems.

#docker #docker-compose #swarm #traefik

Published on May 10, 2023

A retrospective with DIXIT

If you already know the principle of retrospectives, we propose you a nice variant with Dixit.

#management #retrospective

Published on Apr 18, 2023

SOLID Principles

SOLID principals are still relevant and an essential foundation for writing quality software. Take a deep dive into each principle, their meaning and discover concrete examples.

#solid #quality

Published on Apr 13, 2023

Some news about Snappy

Some news about Snappy, our open source PHP package allowing the generation of PDF or image from a web page or HTML content directly.

#opensource #snappy

Published on Mar 27, 2023

No Fixtures

Tests are an essential step to ensure that the application works properly. 🙌 Unit tests can be used to test individual parts, while integration tests verify that all parts of the application work together smoothly.

#tests #quality #behat #behavior driven development

Published on Mar 20, 2023

How to map a PHP enum with Doctrine in a Symfony project ?

PHP 8.1 comes with a new enum feature. This article aims to propose a way to map these enums to the database with doctrine in a Symfony project.

#php #doctrine #symfony

Published on Mar 18, 2022

An approach to handle third party SDK’s custom event systems in front end projects

Abstract (TL; DR;) When working on frontend projects, a common way to deal with the asynchronicity of third party SDKs methods is to rely on callbacks or promises. Nonetheless, it is quite frequent that some libraries use their own event system to notify their consumers whenever an action has been...

#rxjs #javascript

Published on Sep 22, 2021

[How2Tips] How to restrict allowed characters inside a text input in one line of code

Recently I encountered a problem which is very generic : I had to prevent some characters insertion inside a text input. It avoids letting user filling input with unwanted characters, then asking them to correct by displaying an error. For example, in case of a telephone number.

#beginner #javascript

Published on Jul 21, 2021

[How2Tips] How to add a front-end framework to an existing Symfony monolith

This article is for all developers who want to add a front-end framework like React to an existing Symfony + Twig application. But first, a little bit more context : Symfony (released in 2005) has been the most used PHP framework of the previous decade. The core team is doing an amazing job and h...

#symfony #traefik #react

Published on Jun 22, 2021

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