---
title: "This week's React news, issue 23"
publication: "React Status"
issue: 23
published_at: "2017-02-10"
canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/23"
---

react status 23   

This week's React news -[Read this on the Web](http://react.statuscode.com/issues/23) 

[react status](http://react.statuscode.com) Issue 23     

[The Process of Building and Open Sourcing a Redux Component](https://medium.com/@itsBenCripps/open-sourcing-a-redux-component-bb82f260ff62?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — The tale of a developer who built and released [a grid component for React](https://github.com/bencripps/react-redux-grid). A good read for anyone undertaking a similar journey. Benjamin Cripps [React Native at Instagram](https://engineering.instagram.com/react-native-at-instagram-dd828a9a90c7?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — React Native has come a long way since 2015. Instagram reflects on the successes and challenges some of its teams have had. Instagram Engineeringnative [Master These Five Concepts, Then Master React](https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-5-things-you-need-to-know-to-understand-react-a1dbd5d114a3?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — You can boil everything you need to know about React down to five key concepts: Components, JSX, Props & State, the Component API and Component Types. Sacha Greif [Going Native with React](http://go.cooperpress.com/rs/react23/forwardcourses.com/workshops/26) — Noted author Paul Hudson leverages your React skills to develop beautiful, powerful React Native apps. Forward Coursessponsored [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/efd11a41.jpg)](http://go.cooperpress.com/rs/react23/forwardcourses.com/workshops/26) [Twitter Mobile Traffic Now Powered by Node.js, Express and React](https://twitter.com/necolas/status/829128165314306048?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — This week Twitter switched over its mobile traffic to a React & Redux PWA. Twitternews [Dissecting Twitter’s Redux Store](https://medium.com/@ryandrewjohnson/dissecting-twitters-redux-store-d7280b62c6b1?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — A developer looks at the organization of Twitter's Redux store given the recent changes (above). Ryan Johnson [Image Caching in React Native](https://hackernoon.com/image-caching-in-react-native-96d8df33ca84?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — William Candillon shares formulas used in order to provide a smooth user experience when displaying images. Hackernoonnative [How to Achieve Reusability with React Components](https://medium.com/walmartlabs/how-to-achieve-reusability-with-react-components-81edeb7fb0e0?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — _“True reusability is not an ad hoc process, but a development strategy.”_ Real world reusability insights from Walmart Labs. Alex Grigoryan [The Right Way to Test React Components](https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-right-way-to-test-react-components-548a4736ab22?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email#.udi2t41c9) — Stephen Scott shares a few patterns and tips that should work well when testing React components. freeCodeCamp [React InstantSearch⚡ Lightning fast search for web and native apps](http://go.cooperpress.com/rs/react23/community.algolia.com/instantsearch.js/react/?utm_source=react-status&utm_campaign=react-is&utm_medium=email) — Algolia provides UI widgets and connectors (HOC) so you can build instant search in a few lines of code. Algoliatools sponsored [Airbnb's React and JSX Style Guide](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/blob/master/react/README.md?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — OK, it’s not new, but it continues to get fixes and tweaks. Airbnb [React Quickly: Working With States](https://dzone.com/articles/working-with-states?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Azat Mardan provides an overview of working with states in React. DZone [Offline First React Native + Meteor Apps](https://medium.com/@spencer_carli/offline-first-react-native-meteor-apps-2bee8e976ec7?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — How to make your React Native + Meteor app offline capable. Spencer Carli [When to Define Action Creators in Redux](https://daveceddia.com/redux-action-creators/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Why action creators exist, why they’re worth using, and when you can skip them. Plus how to reduce boilerplate. Dave Ceddia [Lingui: Tools for i18n in React](https://github.com/lingui/js-lingui?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) Tomáš Ehrlichcode [Software Engineer, Web - Zürich, Switzerland](http://go.cooperpress.com/rs/react23/www.centralway.com/de/careers/open-positions/details#oii51fwq) — React now and apply. Change the future of mobile banking with building high performance web applications with cutting-edge technologies. Centralway Numbrsjob    [Read this issue on the Web](http://react.statuscode.com/issues/23) [See our archives](http://react.statuscode.com/issues) [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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