The Complete Guide to Modern React in 2025

I just released a new video, the complete guide to modern React in 2025, which I’m very excited to share with you.

This guide covers everything you need to know about React for this year and beyond. We'll explore both client-side and server-side development, along with all the popular tools and libraries you should master to become a great React developer. I hope you're as excited as I am!

Check it out below. 👇️ 

⚡️ The Latest In React 

🏃‍♂️ React's experimental animations API
After more than 12 years, React is finally introducing its own animations API! For years, developers have leaned on third-party libraries like Framer Motion and React Spring to handle animations, while frameworks like Vue and Svelte offered simpler solutions natively. Now, React’s long-awaited feature will aim to close this gap and bring built-in animation capabilities to the table. It’s already available in React's pre-release channels, so this blog post will teach you how to start playing around with it.

🤔 The fastest way to an impartial point-of-view
The team at 1440 scours over 100+ sources ranging from culture and science to sports and politics to create one email that gets you all caught up on the day’s events in 5 minutes. According to Gallup, 51% of Americans can’t think of a news source that reports the news objectively. It’s 100% free. It has everything you need to be aware of for the day. And most importantly, it simplifies your life. [ad]

📆 Five years of React Native at Shopify
Five years after declaring React Native the future of mobile at Shopify, the company is sharing what they’ve learned. They’ve successfully migrated all their apps to React Native, but instead of a rigid, one-size-fits-all method, each team decided when and how to make the switch. This flexible approach taught them valuable lessons about scaling, collaboration, and leveraging React Native for diverse app needs. So, what did they learn?

🪝 React Component and Hook Design Pattern
This guide introduces a powerful pattern - combining a component with a purpose-specific hook. This approach is great when managing repetitive state and its related functions, while optionally exposing both to the component’s user. It’s a clean, flexible solution for scenarios where state management and functionality need to work in harmony. This blog post will walk you through the pattern with a great example.

🧠 Understanding React Server Components
React expert Tony Alicea's latest blog post breaks down the power of React Server Components (RSCs). While RSCs can dramatically reduce bundle sizes and simplify development, Alicea explains the crucial trade-offs and rules developers need to consider before diving in. His deep dive into the inner workings of RSCs is a great guide for all levels.

Quick Links

• TypeScript/React/Vue Window Layout Manager (Tabs, Floating, Popouts)

• Here is an example of a great software engineering portfolio site built with React Three Fiber.

• Chris Arderne explains his recommended setup for modern React 19 forms.

• The largest marketplace of shadcn/UI-based React Tailwind components.

• React for Embedded Development?

• Daishi wrote his thoughts on State Management Libraries in the React Compiler Era.