Frontend Tools & Learning Resources
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Beyond individual blogs, these are the communities, curated collections, and learning platforms that I keep bookmarked. Whether you’re looking for tutorials, videos, templates, or just a place to ask questions — this list has you covered.
React
- Awesome React — The best React videos and playlists on the web, curated and organized by topic.
- React Resources — Curated collection of React articles, tutorials, tools, and libraries.
- Reactiflux — One of the largest React communities. Great place to ask questions and connect with other developers.
- Awesome React Components — Curated list of React components — tooltips, modals, forms, and more.
- Collection of React Hooks — Comprehensive collection of community React hooks.
Next.js
- Next Radar — Top resources, templates, courses, and jobs for Next.js and React.
- Awesome Next.js — Curated list of Next.js resources — boilerplates, articles, extensions, and more.
- Vercel Community — Official Vercel community forum. Good for Next.js help and deployment questions.
Remix
- Remix Guide — Curated resources and community links for the Remix framework.
JavaScript & Web Fundamentals
- The Modern JavaScript Tutorial — Comprehensive, beginner-to-advanced JavaScript tutorial. One of the best free resources.
- JavaScript to Know for React — Kent C. Dodds breaks down the JS concepts you actually need for React.
- Epic React Articles — Articles from Kent C. Dodds’ Epic React workshop series.
- web.dev — CSS Box Model — Google’s learn CSS series. Clear explanations of core CSS concepts.
- Complete Intro to React v7 — Brian Holt’s free, comprehensive React course from Frontend Masters.
React Native
- React Native Shadow Generator — Generate cross-platform shadow styles for React Native.
- React SVGR Playground — Convert SVGs to React Native components instantly.
Frontend Architecture & Patterns
- Frontend at Scale — Level up your frontend architecture skills. Focused on scaling frontend systems and teams.
- Refactoring Guru — Design patterns and refactoring techniques explained with clear visuals. Not frontend-specific, but essential knowledge for writing clean, maintainable code.
- Jamstack Generators — Compare every static site generator. Useful for choosing your next framework.
General Learning & Tools
- Happy Coding — Friendly tutorials on how to start learning to code.
- Free Programming Courses — Massive curated list of free programming courses, including Next.js and React.
- Product Hunt — Discover new developer tools and products every day.
- Toolfolio — All the tools you need in one place. Searchable directory of developer tools.
- Prompt Engineering Guide — Learn how to effectively prompt AI models. Increasingly essential for dev workflows.
Pair these with Developers & Engineers to Follow and you’ll have more than enough to keep learning for years.