--- title: "visx: Expressive, low-level visualization primitives for React" publication: "React Status" issue: 208 published_at: "2020-09-30" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/208" --- ⚛️ This week's React news, links, and libraries #208 — September 30, 2020 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/208) React Status Your weekly React news digest, every Wednesday [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/v1601464683/r16hqq5tdhxd9thbhxfe.png)](https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/introducing-visx-from-airbnb-fd6155ac4658) [Introducing visx: Visualization Primitives for React from Airbnb](https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/introducing-visx-from-airbnb-fd6155ac4658) — When a tech powerhouse launches a new [visualization library](https://github.com/airbnb/visx) after three years of development, it’s worthy of attention. Formerly known simply as _vx_, browse the [gallery](https://airbnb.io/visx/gallery) and see if you’re not inspired. Chris C. Williams & Harrison Shoff / Airbnb [Myths About useEffect](https://epicreact.dev/myths-about-useeffect/) — In the latest teaser for his upcoming course, Kent addresses the struggle many developers have employing the `useEffect` hook correctly. As usual, he makes it seem easy. Kent C. Dodds [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/aaf088b3.png)](https://getstream.io/chat/react-chat/tutorial/?utm_campaign=react_status&utm_medium=promoted_newsletter&utm_source=react_status_promoted) [Building Chat With React? Stream Chat Has You Covered](https://getstream.io/chat/react-chat/tutorial/?utm_campaign=react_status&utm_medium=promoted_newsletter&utm_source=react_status_promoted) — This tutorial shows you how to quickly build chat leveraging Stream's Chat API and the Stream Chat React components. Stream sponsor [How to Use SVG Icons with React Icons and Font Awesome](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-use-svg-icons-in-react-with-react-icons-and-font-awesome/) — The author asserts that ‘[SVG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics) was born for the web’ and having a widely supported vector graphics format makes a lot of things easier for sure, such as icons that render well on every device and at every resolution. Here’s the short course on integrating them into React. Colby Fayock [`import React from 'react'` To Go Away in the Long Term](https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1308739731551858689?s=20) — Don’t panic, though – they’re thinking more along the lines of React 19 or 20. But it’s worth switching to better alternatives now. Dan Abramov on Twitter [react-dropdown-tree-select: A Customizable Fast Dropdown Tree Select Component](https://github.com/dowjones/react-dropdown-tree-select) — A lightweight and fast control to render a select component that can display hierarchical tree data. Here's [an interactive demo.](https://dowjones.github.io/react-dropdown-tree-select/#/story/with-bootstrap-styles) Dow Jones 💻 Jobs [Front End Development Leader](https://ourbranch.com/s/careers) — Wanted: A Front End Developer to lead a group of young software developers. Help us change the insurance industry for the better. BRANCH INSURANCE [Find a Job Through Vettery](https://www.vettery.com/tech?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=cooper-reactstatus&utm_term=tech&utm_content=grouped&utm_campaign=ad-77585) — Create a profile on Vettery to connect with hiring managers at startups and Fortune 500 companies. It's free for job-seekers. Vettery ℹ️ _Interested in running a job listing in React Status? 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