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Artemij Fedosejev
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Artemij Fedosejev

Artemij Fedosejev is a technical lead living in London, United Kingdom. He is a self-taught web developer who has been a web developer since the early 2000s. Artemij earned his BSc in computer science from University College Cork, Ireland. He participated in the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme, where he built and launched a website that received the Most Innovative Project award. Artemij has played a key role in creating frontend architecture using React.js and Flux for various websites. Artemij created a number of open source projects, including Snapkite Engine, Snapkite Stream Client, and other projects.
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Planning your React application


There are two simple guidelines we need to follow when planning your React application:

  • Each React component should represent a single user interface element in your web application. It should encapsulate the smallest element possible that can potentially be reused.

  • Multiple React components should be composed into a single React component. Ultimately, your entire user interface should be encapsulated in one React component.

    Diagram of our React components hierarchy

We'll begin with our topmost React component, Application. It will encapsulate our entire React application, and it will have two child components: the Stream and Collection components. The Stream component will be responsible for connecting to a stream of tweets, and receiving and displaying the latest tweet. The Stream component will have two child components: StreamTweet and Header. The StreamTweet component will be responsible for displaying the latest tweet. It will be composed of the Header and...

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Artemij Fedosejev

Artemij Fedosejev is a technical lead living in London, United Kingdom. He is a self-taught web developer who has been a web developer since the early 2000s. Artemij earned his BSc in computer science from University College Cork, Ireland. He participated in the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme, where he built and launched a website that received the Most Innovative Project award. Artemij has played a key role in creating frontend architecture using React.js and Flux for various websites. Artemij created a number of open source projects, including Snapkite Engine, Snapkite Stream Client, and other projects.
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