KentCDodds.com is the personal website and blog of Kent C. Dodds, a software engineer, educator, and open-source contributor known for his work in the React ecosystem. He writes about modern web development, testing, accessibility, performance, and developer experience, focusing on how to build reliable, maintainable, and scalable applications. Kent is the creator of popular libraries such as Testing Library and Remix, and his articles often highlight practical approaches to writing better React components, handling state, and improving user experience. Beyond tutorials, the site features courses, workshops, podcasts, and conference talks, all aimed at helping developers learn by doing. With his teaching-first philosophy and clear explanations, KentCDodds.com has become one of the most trusted learning resources in the React and JavaScript community.
189 articles from this blog
Kent C. Dodds announces his redesigned website, detailing its extensive learning resources for software engineers, including courses, podcasts, and workshops.
A developer details the tech stack and architectural decisions behind the 2021 rewrite of their complex, feature-rich personal website.
A guide on best practices for using React Context, including avoiding default values and structuring multiple contexts.
Explains the Testing Trophy, a model for JavaScript testing ROI, covering E2E, Integration, Unit, and Static tests.
The article argues for eliminating problems at their root rather than just solving them, using examples from software and business.
A developer compares using array reduce, method chaining, and for loops in a Node.js script, arguing for practicality over premature optimization.
A technical guide for experienced developers on building a Remix app from scratch, bypassing the standard CLI to understand its core components.
A guide to getting started with ESModules in Node.js, covering setup and common errors.
A guide on writing React components in TypeScript, covering prop typing and avoiding common pitfalls like React.FC.
A guide to using a Constrained Identity Function (CIF) in TypeScript to improve type safety for objects like a calculator's operations.
Explains JavaScript's pass-by-value for function parameters using a closure example, showing why reassigning a variable doesn't update logged values.
A guide to optimizing React context value for performance, recommending state/dispatch separation and warning against premature optimization.
Explores the 'build vs buy' decision for UI component libraries, weighing custom development against using existing solutions.
Learn how to use the Intl.ListFormat API in JavaScript to properly format arrays into human-readable lists with correct grammar and internationalization.
A guide to different TypeScript function syntaxes, explaining when to use ':' vs '=>' for return types with practical examples.
A guide to implementing function overloads in TypeScript, using a practical example of a function that returns a Promise or void.
A technical guide on creating a TypeScript-wrapped React useState hook for implementing a dark mode feature in applications.
A guide on adding TypeScript types to the fetch API, using a GraphQL Pokemon API example from EpicReact.dev workshops.
A personal review of 2020 covering pandemic reflections, social justice, and the author's professional work on EpicReact.dev and home office setup.
A developer's guide to convincing business stakeholders to approve technical investments like framework migrations and tech debt.
