📚️ Best React Libraries for 2025

And LLM codegen walkthrough

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Welcome to another edition of Import React by Cosden Solutions!

This week, we’re diving into the best React libraries for 2025, the React team’s CRA migration update, and a deep dive into pluralization best practices. Plus, Harper Reed shares his LLM-powered coding workflow, with lessons learned from building tons of small projects.

Now, let's get into the newsletter! 🤙 

⚡️ The Latest In React 

📚️ Best React Libraries for 2025
React's ecosystem has exploded over the years, making it both powerful and overwhelming for newcomers. Developers coming from other frameworks often struggle to pick the right tools. In this guide, Robin Wieruch breaks down the essential React libraries for 2025, helping both beginners and experienced devs navigate the ever-growing landscape.

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😠 React Team Updates CRA Migration Guidance After Community Pushback
The React team officially sunset Create React App last week, signaling the end of an era for React development. While the deprecation wasn’t controversial, the team’s initial blog post sparked frustration by recommending frameworks like Next.js over standalone build tools. Many developers felt that Vite should have been the clear replacement.

After a ton of community pushback, the React team revised its documentation, now explicitly acknowledging Vite, Parcel, and Rsbuild as valid choices for building React apps from scratch.

🥨 Pluralization 101 in React
React apps frequently need pluralization for things like notification counts, list lengths, and search results. While it's easy to get right in English, many developers struggle with best practices, especially for multilingual support. This guide breaks down common mistakes and the best way to handle pluralization properly.

🪓 Create-tsrouter-app
Create-tsrouter-app is drop-in replacement for create-react-app that builds TanStack Router based SPA applications.

🌊 My LLM codegen workflow
Harper Reed has been building tons of small products with LLMs, finding them both fun and useful, but not without pitfalls. After a friend asked how he uses LLMs for coding, he realized the answer wasn’t simple. This post breaks down his workflow, sharing insights on what works, what doesn’t, and how to avoid common time-wasting mistakes.

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Error Handling in React (Complete Tutorial)

In my latest video, I will teach you about error handling in React.

We're going to learn about expected errors and unexpected errors and how to deal with each case. We also take a look at error boundaries and how to implement them either by creating them yourself or using a very popular library.

Check it out below. 👇️ 

See you soon!

Darius Cosden