React Hooks are a welcome addition to React 16.8, but come with a significant drawback for local development when NPM Link is also being used. In iPlayer Web, we’ve come up with a workaround! Read on ...

Google’s web crawlers have come a long way in recent years in their ability to fetch and execute JavaScript. However, JavaScript integration remains tricky when setting up the front end of a web app.

React Hooks, external are a new(-ish) way of using state and other React features without writing a class, and in general, keeping code much simpler to understand and share. In iPlayer Web, we have ...