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Mikhail Sakhniuk
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Mikhail Sakhniuk

Mikhail Sakhniuk is Software Engineer with high proficiency in JavaScript, React and React Native. He has more than 5 years of experience in developing web and mobile applications. He has worked for startups, fintech companies, and product companies with more than 20 million users. Currently, Mikhail is working at Miro as a Frontend Engineer. In addition, he owns and maintains a few open-source projects. He also shares his experience and knowledge through books and articles.
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Adam Boduch has been involved in large-scale JavaScript development for nearly 15 years. Before moving to the frontend, he worked on several large-scale cloud computing products using Python and Linux. No stranger to complexity, Adam has practical experience with real-world software systems and the scaling challenges they pose.
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Reusable HTML elements

Let’s think about HTML elements for a moment. Depending on the type of HTML element, it’s either feature-centric or utility-centric. Utility-centric HTML elements are more reusable than feature-centric HTML elements. For example, consider the <section> element. This is a generic element that can be used just about anywhere but its primary purpose is to compose the structural aspects of a feature: the outer shell of the feature and the inner sections of the feature. This is where the <section> element is most useful.

On the other side of the fence, you have elements such as <p>, <span>, and <button>. These elements provide a high level of utility because they’re generic by design. You’re supposed to use <button> elements whenever you have something that’s clickable by the user, resulting in an action. This is a level lower than the concept of a feature.

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Published in: Apr 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781805127307

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Mikhail Sakhniuk

Mikhail Sakhniuk is Software Engineer with high proficiency in JavaScript, React and React Native. He has more than 5 years of experience in developing web and mobile applications. He has worked for startups, fintech companies, and product companies with more than 20 million users. Currently, Mikhail is working at Miro as a Frontend Engineer. In addition, he owns and maintains a few open-source projects. He also shares his experience and knowledge through books and articles.
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Adam Boduch

Adam Boduch has been involved in large-scale JavaScript development for nearly 15 years. Before moving to the frontend, he worked on several large-scale cloud computing products using Python and Linux. No stranger to complexity, Adam has practical experience with real-world software systems and the scaling challenges they pose.
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