#Hooked on React: Mastering the Art of Hooks

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Hooked on React: Mastering the Art of Hooks

Hey Guys, It's been a while since I posted, but here I am with my new blog on React hooks. Take a look at it and don't hesitate to share your thoughts!

Have you ever been asked by a client to change a functional component into a class component where all the UI and business logic are the same but the only difference is that you need to add some state?   If so, then most developers will sympathize. But now we don’t have to do that because, as of React 16.8, we can now manage states in functional components too!  Here we will learn about React…

[thesupreme316]

Can you write how the AEW guys would react to the reader playfully smacking their ass like Bucky did to Seth Rollins that one time (please include MJF hehe)

AEW Stars React To: Their S/O Smacking Their Butt

Pairings: MJF x Reader, Max Caster x Reader, Christian Cage x Reader, Eddie Kingston x Reader, Nick Wayne x Reader, Ricky Starks x Reader, Hook x Reader

Word Count: 750

Supreme Speaks: hey yall, here you are and i hope you all enjoy it. I should have another react post by tomorrow. lemme know what else yall want to see. please remember that you are loved and appreciated.

Warnings: none i think, suggestive content

Taglist: @wwenhlimagines @hooks-martin @hookerforhook @eddie-kingstons-wifey @triscillal @batzy-watzy @sheinthatfandom @cassie0sstuff

I think this is the most I have ever written the word ass

MJF:

Mans would feel accomplished

Like that finally, someone has acknowledged his ass is on another level

We all know how much pride he takes in his ass just look at the edits on TikTok

If you do it in private, he will definitely laugh and try to slap your back

(Honestly he might twerk like a drunk girl)

If in public, he might be embarrassed or confused for a split second…but he’ll go right back to being arrogant

He’ll tweet about it, tagging Max Caster so he can get jealous

Will start wearing more tight-fitting pants so he can tease you more

Eddie Kingston:

Mans finds it funny but is always confused about why/how you do it before he can do it to you

Full-on laughs and cracks a smile when/after you do it

Now you two are in a competition to see who can smack the other’s ass more often

You typically drive-by slaps or wait until he’s reading/watching wrestling to slap it

He does it when you are on the phone or talking to friends

Eddie loves it because it’s y’all’s way of PDA or showing good vibes

I don’t think y’all would do it out in public like in front of fans

But the one chance you did…boi was he a mess

Christian Cage:

Christian would just stare at you with no expression

He was just looking at you as if he was saying “Really”

OR he’ll stare at you in an offended way

He’s surprised that you did it

“How dare you?”

I can totally see him “scolding” you

Says his ass is off limits and promises to “punish” you the next time you did it

To test your luck…you did it again…and let's say you couldn’t sit down for a good while

Nick Wayne:

Lil boi is so cute and he gets all shy

Immediately he blushes and gets all whiney

Face all red while saying

“I can’t believe you did that”

I think he would be too shy to smack yours back

Prolly would chase you around

Would stop after you smacked his ass twice more

Ever since then, he just accepted the smacks….with a red blushing face of course

Hook:

Nonchalant as a mothafucka

But to him, it’s a normal thing, so he doesn’t care

He just continues talking to his friends after he smacks yours as you walk away

To Hook…it’s equality

Mans just loves to have his hands on you in general

If you did it to him while y’all were in the ring…he would break character and laugh

The internet would have a field day with the clip, making it go viral

Now if you slap it extra hard, Hook would just simply pick you up and show you how a real master of the booty slapping arts does it

Ricky Starks:

Alexa…play Bongos by Cardi B

Like Hook, Ricky’s not fazed

In fact, he eats it up and then some

I can see Ricky just winking at you..and ever so gently…SPEARING YOU ON THE BED

He slaps yours back twice as hard

In public….he would pull you towards him and tell you all the things he’s gonna do to you

Particularly finds it funny when you continuously smack his ass while ya’ll are laying down

I def see it as a postcard or a couple Christmas card (merry smackmas)

Max Caster:

THIS HORNY FUCK

Would deadass put his ass out even further for you to slap again

“I can see you’re getting a little handsy”

Looks at you suggestively, probably would moon you

Probably would chase you down just to slap your ass back

If you do it in public, he’s throwing ass like a real one

OOOOOOO I BET HE WOULD LET OUT VERY LOUD AND EXAGGERATED HIGH PITCH MOAN

Which causes you to become embarrassed and swiftly leave the scene

He would at the rest of The Acclaimed and wiggle his brows…looking for someone else to smack his ass

bonus: I truly think he would be like Richard from Wasabi Productions (back from like 2011)

[sephirthoughts]

Vincent's New Kid Just Dropped CH 11: Present Day With Short Deepground Flashback

NOTE: It's not a time skip in the Deepground section, it's just to frame Nero's physical trauma more. All that story is still going to be told!

Rating: Mature

WARNINGS: torture, captivity, phantom pain, PTSD

NOW WITH @siringadev's beautiful father-son art!

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father and son trying to out-edgelord each other but who is winning

it's vincent

After the Restrictor came, and they implanted those chips in everyone, they sedated Nero and carried him to a dark, cavernous place, in the lowest sub-level of Deepground. Industrial power tools whirred and shrieked. He awoke feeling the vibrations in his skull. 

Men were locking heavy shackles onto his wings, at six points. The shackles, they attached to the type of chains that are used for boat anchors; made of iron and as thick as a man’s arm. The chains were hung through huge, steel rings, bolted to a massive support pillar, and hooked up to a construction winch, on the other side. 

The Restrictor turned the winch and drew the chains tighter and tighter, laughing while the teenaged boy screamed in agony, pulling Nero’s wings higher and spreading them wider apart, till his shoulder blades felt like they were about to be dislocated, and his feet couldn’t properly rest on the ground. 

That was the position he was locked in. Splayed against the gigantic support pillar, like a butterfly pinned to a display board. Muzzled and bound in a straitjacket. Chained by his wings, to the literal foundation of Deepground. 

The only way to relieve the pain of bearing his weight on his wings, was to push himself up on tip-toe. He could only do that for so long, before his legs began to tremble with fatigue. Try as he might, his strength would eventually fail, and his legs give out. Then his wings would catch his full weight, and he would scream in agony again. 

The Restrictor often lingered nearby, watching him go through this process, drinking in the boy’s tormented groans and cries of distress, with lascivious glee. But he also observed the boy growing stronger and stronger…and more dangerous.

Nero curled up, as the lightning bolts of pain racked his body again, mouth hanging open, a clear stream drool running out onto the floor. Where was his muzzle? Where was his straitjacket? He’d had some kind of cotton jersey shirt on his top half, but he had clawed and torn it to shreds, and it now lay in a purple pile on the floor.

He heard a noise behind him, but he didn’t have time to work out what it was, before he felt the darkness react to something, like a dog jumping in excitement, when its master walks in the door. Weiss! It must be Weiss! he thought, deliriously. Tears of joy leaked from the sides of his eyes, even as they were squeezed shut against the pain. 

“W—Weiss…” he rasped, as the darkness reached out toward his beloved. His only one.

He was hauled up to a sitting position, and strong arms wrapped around him from behind, like bands of iron, compressing his crossed arms on his chest, in that familiar position. He was pressed tight against a stone-hard body and lifted to his feet, but…something was wrong. The darkness was curling happily around the person, but making no connection. Not Weiss! his mind screamed.

Enraged, Nero gave his lithe torso a sudden twist, like a snake, trying to wrench himself free, but the arms held him fast. “What the fuck!”

“Calm down,” a smooth, deep voice said, right in his ear. “You’ll hurt yourself.”

“Fuck you! Let me go!” he snarled, thrashing harder, still to no observable effect.

Vincent sighed. “Nero, I know you’re in pain. Let me help—”

“I don’t need your help you bastard!” he roared, kicking his legs, trying to throw this human monolith off balance. He may as well have struggled against the planet itself, for all the man moved. Panting and shaking with fatigue, from even that brief effort, he gave up and hung limply in Vincent’s arms. “I h—I hate you. Fucking die.”

“I can’t.”  

As Vincent said this, the room exploded into a whirling, crimson blur, and suddenly, they were atop the roof of the house. Nero’s bare feet stood on the sandy grit of the roof tiles, and blowing wind brought the scent of rain, from the rolling, grey storm clouds, that were obscuring the moon. 

“What the hell are you doing?” he asked, in real bewilderment. 

“I think I can help, with your pain,” a rasping, resonant, entirely demonic voice answered. “But I can’t try it inside the house. My wings are too big.”

Chaos. The demon’s familiar aura sent shivers of elation up Nero’s spine and made him sick to his stomach, at the same time. He felt bloodthirsty, resentful, filled with rage and grief and underneath it all, a deep, hollow ache. A longing as fathomless as the abyss.

“How do you know I’m in pain?” 

“Sephiroth explained, after you went upstairs.”

“Can he ever mind his own business?” Nero grumbled, under his breath.

Acting entirely without his input, Nero’s darkness tendrils suddenly burst out of the black markings all over his body and plunged directly into Chaos, connecting them, like it was plugging him into a power source. 

Horrified, Nero tried to make them come back, but his knees buckled and his vision went blank, just then, his brain shorted out by the sudden exposure to unfiltered Chaos energy. 

When his vision returned, the demon was still holding him, the same way—Nero’s arms restrained in straitjacket position, and his bare back pressed to its midsection—steadying him on his feet, so he didn’t fall off the roof. 

He was trying work out what the hell Chaos was playing at, when he felt it. A dizzying rush of relief, pouring in through the wing brackets on his shoulder blades and coursing through his body. Lack of pain so potent, it was ten times more intoxicating than the headiest pleasure. 

Involuntarily, Nero’s head dropped back onto Chaos’ chest and he gave a shuddering moan, as he began to unfurl the demon’s huge, membranous wings, slowly and stiffly, spreading them as wide as they could go. 

Tears poured unchecked down his ashen face, weeping openly, as he stretched and folded the wings on the demon’s back, savoring every movement, feeling the contorted phantom segments straightening out, the excruciating knots loosening, the throbbing tautness unwinding. 

Nero’s body now felt relaxed and comfortable, being held tightly in Chaos’ arms. Actually, he hadn’t felt this good since…well, in a long time. Now that they believed everything was back as it was supposed to be, the formerly tormented nerves were humming with vitality. Suddenly, the urge to use the wings he’d missed so sorely, was so strong he could taste it.

Nero’s own wings had nothing to do with his ability to defy gravity, so it was something of a shock to him, when he gave Chaos’ wings an exploratory flap, and the two rocketed into the air. 

He jolted and cried out in alarm, as the ground fell away and the rooftop shrank below them at a dizzying speed. Chaos, however, appeared patently unconcerned, only taking control to give his wings a few beats (to stop them plummeting directly back out of the sky, and to gain some height for safety reasons), then returning control to Nero. 

Nero wasn’t afraid of heights in the least, but he didn’t particularly want to smack into the earth like a meteor, so he scrambled to flap the massive wings. With an effort, he got them under good enough control to keep aloft, then gingerly began to try changing direction. 

He was uncoordinated, and kept going awkwardly off kilter. They tumbled and veered multiple times, before he actually began to get the hang of it. But by the time half an hour had passed, Nero was able to fly in relatively steady circles, above the Valentine-Highwind property.  

All this time, not a single word passed between himself and the ancient demon, whose body he was essentially sharing, at the moment, but at times he could feel its wordless intent, guiding him. Spread. Glide. Tuck. Bank left. More thrust on the right. 

It occurred to him, with a series of complicated emotions, that his father was teaching him to fly. Just like a real father teaching his real son to ride a bicycle. Patiently and calmly, ready to catch him, if he fell. He felt something deep inside him, begin to crack. 

Nero, being Nero, bridled and balked. Furious with himself, for being so soft and stupid, and letting himself be taken in so easily, he sullenly withdrew his control from the wings and let them fall, till Chaos lazily caught them and swooped back upward, with effortless elegance, as if it were no more difficult than breathing. 

That drew Nero right back out of his morose ruminations. He had thought he’d been doing well, but he clearly had no idea what flying even was. Chaos used far fewer wing beats to achieve the same height and speed, and seemed to be exerting ten times less effort. What the hell? How was it that much different to what he’d been doing?

Spinning like a corkscrew, the demon rapidly ascended, higher and higher, till they emerged from the storm cover in the clear, black sky, where the air became thin and icy-cold, and the the moon shone pure and bright over the sea of clouds. 

Nero was staring in undisguised awe at the tens of thousands of glittering stars, when Chaos tucked his wings tightly against his body and dropped abruptly into a freefall. Nero’s stomach flipped and he had to choke down a cry. They fell faster and faster, the wind beating furiously at his face, making his eyes tear up, as they plunged back into the grey clouds, plummeting earthward at terminal velocity.

Just above the treeline, Chaos extended his wings partway and used the downward momentum to shoot forward like a bullet, speeding over the blurred tops of the trees. 

As if on cue, thunder rolled and lighting crackled, as the heavy clouds burst, at last. The cold water droplets lashed Nero’s face and his bare torso, as they flew at that logic-defying speed, but he was actually rather thrilled by it. He wasn’t bothered by cold, and he’d never felt rain before. 

Apparently sensing that the weather didn’t trouble his passenger, Chaos kept going, soaring nonchalantly through blinding sheets of rain, doing spectacular loops and dizzying barrel rolls, throwing off spirals of water as they went. 

Nero had to force down the swell of mirth, that bubbled up in his chest, at the idea of this apocalyptic demon playing around in the rain, to amuse itself. Chaos was having fun, and it showed. If he could have admitted it, without gagging to death, so was Nero.

More than two hours evaporated, and soon they were circling back around toward home—er…toward the Valentine-Highwind house. When they got in close, rather than landing, Chaos did that teleportation thing with the whirling crimson, and they were simply standing in Nero’s room. 

Nero hadn’t got his sea legs yet, and turned around unsteadily to blink up at Chaos, who was Vincent again, in his slashed up black jeans and crimson henley, with that stupid headband, as usual. He was also perfectly dry, as opposed to Nero, who was soaking wet, from head to toe, black hair pasted to his white forehead, and quickly creating a puddle, on the wood floor. 

Conveniently, Sephiroth (because the world had gone thoroughly insane, and the hero of Wutai was now some kind of super-housewife) had left folded bath towels on the dresser, and put the fresh linens on the bed, while they were out.

Before Nero could say anything, Vincent picked up an oversized bath towel and spread it open, holding it up between them, like a privacy screen. Not quite understanding the prudishness of the gesture, Nero peeled off his soaking wet jeans and underwear, then let Vincent wrap the plushy towel around him. 

He still had no idea how to process what happened, tonight. No idea what it meant, or how to react. So he just stood there, dazed, while his father carefully rubbed his long hair, with the other towel. 

Fatigue settled on him, with the warmth and the weight of the gentle touch. Now that the pain was alleviated, he was exhausted, down to his bones. Without realizing it, his eyes drooped shut, and his head began to tip forward, by degrees, till it was resting against Vincent’s chest. 

Darkness tendrils slithered out of the black markings, all over his naked body, and coiled themselves around Vincent’s arms and waist and neck, like affectionate boa constrictors. If they could purr, they would have, fucking embarrassing things.

“Nero.”

“Mm?”

“The next time you’re in pain, don’t wait for it to become unbearable. Come to me, and I’ll help you.”

…

“Mn.”

THE AUTHOR HAS SOMETHING TO SAY:

nero the wet cat: *HISSSS GRRR HISSSSS* cat dad vincent: *pats dry with towel* nero the dry cat: …. *purr*

LINK TO NEXT CHAPTER:

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kinktober entry 10: Pet Play and Edging

Rating: Explicit Pairing: Bonten!Kokonoi x undescribed!unnamed!female oc Fandom: Tokyo Revengers Warnings: pet play. edging. collar. being leashed and tied to a wall/in place. again pet play. unbeta’d.

notes: I'm currently sick and waiting on results to see if my lungs are infected. Fun times. So, enjoy. This one is for @scythegal. art pic in banner is by miyolpp

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The bell jingles slightly as she kneels. The collar she’s wearing is studded with diamonds, looking more like a classic choker than what it really is. A sign of ownership to the man in front of her. 

He doesn’t look at her. She doesn’t move though, hands on her thighs as she waits, looking down at the floor until he acknowledges her. It gives her time to slip into the role he pays for. 

She’s done this long enough to know when he’s ready for her to act. She leans forward, resting her head on his thigh. He doesn’t look at her but he runs a hand over her hair gently. She sighs softly at the feeling. It doesn’t seem like much, but it’s a sign that he knows she’s there and he’s getting ready to take care of her. He’s a good master. 

She shifts, trying to make the tail attached to her sway slightly as she makes a noise that’s supposed to resemble a purr. It does exactly as intended, drawing his attention. 

He looks down at her, sharp eyes meeting hers. There’s a small smile on his lips at her eagerness, even as he’s trying to hide it. “Kitten, I have to finish this first. Wait.”

She pouts and rests her head back on his lap, but it doesn’t last long. Her master uses his phone, turning on the vibrator that’s already nestled into her with his order. She whimpers into his leg, pressing her thighs together trying not to react.

“Hush, Kitten. Be quiet. I need to concentrate. If you’re good, I’ll give you a treat.” Kokonoi’s treats vary from expensive gifts to nights that leave her legs trembling. 

She nods, biting her lip as she tries not to react and distract him. It’s hard. She buries her face in his thigh, surrounding herself with his scent as he plays with the intensity of the vibration. She’s not entirely sure he’s working. He just playing with her. 

It builds up and drops before building up again until she’s left on the edge for what feels like hours. She whines, panting as she tries to avoid shifting closer. She wants to rub herself on his foot, to get herself off instead of being teased like this. It gets to the point where she’s frustrated enough and overwhelmed that she can’t help but bite down on the meat of his thigh. 

Hajime rubs the ears on the top of her head, the best quality he could purchase and it shows with how flawlessly it merges into her hair. “Is my kitten needy?” he muses, finally looking at her again. “Thought you were going to be good for me.”

She bites back the response on her tongue and instead takes the chance to lick at his fingers. She can taste ink on his skin but she ignores it, just wanting to be closer to him. 

He grins. Kokonoi pulls open a drawer and she tries to settle back into position when she hears more than sees the leash being pulled out. He clips it into the small D-ring on her collar and stands. She moves quickly, following on her hands and knees like she knows he expects. The vibrations haven’t stopped and it makes her nearly stumble, but she tries to keep up. She tries to breathe through it because the end result will be worth it. She just has to be good. 

He clips her leash to a hook he has on the wall next to the makeshift dog bed that’s waiting for her. Not as much a punishment as the cage, but it still restricts her from him. She crawls onto it, turning to face him as she whines again. She knows better than to use her words now. 

“Patience, pet,” he says, using one hand to grasp her chin to tilt her face up towards him. He presses his thumb into her mouth and pushes down her tongue so she’s forced to only listen. “I’m not done. You can’t manage at my side. One more chance, kitten. Be good and wait for me.” 

He leaves her there, tied to a wall and resting on a dog bed that’s more luxurious than the ones she’s had before she met him. The vibrations increase and she curls up, panting as she tries not to give in as he plays while he works.  

When he comes back to release her, she’s a whining, wet mess, desperate and eager for him as she begs for his attention. He likes her best like that.   

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(( Art is commissioned from the incredibly talented ArtReplicant. Original story by me. )) The two fighters drew closer to each other ready to bring this fight to its climax and dominate the other. Ethan could see that Wyatt wanted a standup fight and was more than happy to use his speed and agility to wear down the Canadian this way. The exchange of punches began with Wyatt throwing a Right hook at Ethan's head. Ethan deflected the shot with his arm and tried to counter with a hook to Wyatt's side. The stand-up flurry of punches was just as intense as the grappling and the fans were in awe of the two. Both were in their element. Ethan felt himself getting into a rhythm. He was certain that he would be able to ride this out and punish Wyatt for this strategy. Wyatt, on the other hand, waited and watched Ethan get into a rhythm. He was anticipating it because Ethan grew predictable depending on what rhythm he had gotten into. It was nuanced and only a true master student would catch the pattern of the rhythm. Wyatt spent countless hours studying every fight Ethan fought. Through watching Ethan so many times, Wyatt found 5 different rhythms Ethan settles into depending on what strategy he is deploying. Wyatt saw that Ethan was going to wait him out and wear him down based on the rhythm Ethan was in. This made all of Ethan's moves extremely predictable. Wyatt had a hard time not telegraphing his awareness of everything was doing because he was waiting to that one perfect moment. Then when it came... "BAM!!!!!!!!" The sound of fist hitting bone echoed and reverberated throughout the warehouse. Everyone watching reacted with an audible gasp as it played out. The violence was intense. The brutality could be felt in every jaw of every fighter who watched. Wyatt's plan unhatched perfectly. With a left cross, Wyatt squarely caught Ethan in the jaw and sent The Alpha's head snapping back quickly followed by the body. Wyatt had caught Ethan by surprise by knowing the perfect point for him to switch to his southpaw stance and use his left which he reserves for only special occasions. This, this was the perfect occasion. Wyatt watched as Ethan's body tumbled backward to the mat. Ethan landed with a thud as his body bounced slightly. Wyatt stood over Ethan to see if The Alpha was knocked out. It was highly possible since Wyatt chose a point in Ethan's rhythm where he moved forward to dig in an uppercut to the stomach so Wyatt caught a full-speed Ethan moving into his fist as his fist moved at full speed towards Ethan. To Wyatt's surprise and delight, Ethan was not out, but definitely dazed. "Time to make you scream in pain," Wyatt plainly stated as he mounted Ethan and started to assault Ethan's vaunted abs. 

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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job #31: “Origins” | March 16, 2009 - 12:30AM | S04E06

In this episode we get to find out how it all began. When Tim met Eric. When Eric met Tim… they’ve never run a website before! What are they going to?

At the end of the opening sequence, we start flash back with photos of earlier Awesome Show, Tom Goes to the Mayor, and their acclaimed viral hits Humpers and Cat Film Festival. We’ve now traveled back to the auspicious occasion of Eric meeting Tim, who has cool long hair, a pair of devil sticks, and plenty of Gen-X ‘tude. Eric looks like he stepped out of the Funky Groovin’ video (not really, he looks much weirder, but I wrote this sentence before rewatching the Funky Groovin’ video and I think I literally misremembered him being dressed like he is in this episode). Tim’s name is Q, but Eric needs him to change it to Tim because he already bought the domain timanderic.com. Q, now Tim, agrees to join the team of Tims. 

I like this one fine, but I respect it for being high-effort and a little cinematic. There are funny jokes and lines. Tim’s delivery of “they’re devil sticks, anyone can use ‘em” is great. The fact that the website is being run out of a huge building with Foosball tables and shit is so funny. They do a pretty good job skewering the 90s dot com boom, moments before the bubble burst. It ends with the website being hacked, unfortunately, meaning Tim and Eric never become famous or make this show I’m writing up. So, sorry for wasting your time, everyone. None of this is real. Everything I talk about from here on out is fake and made-up. (Joel Hodgeson voice) It’s like they’re just making all that stuff up.

The Married News Team show up for the first time in a while. They do a Brule sketch that again plays up the tension between the three due to Jan and Brule’s clear attraction to one another. There isn’t much to this sketch, which basically amounts to Jan getting hooked up to a machine that reveals she’s horny. The best moment is when Brule reacts to Jan’s freaking bra. Wait, why am I skipping around? That wasn't the first standalone sketch!! AHHH!!! I am going crazy!

The first standalone sketch of the episode is “Make My Bub Bubs Bounce”, which features a pregnant woman demanding a line up of would-be suitors make her “bub bubs” “bounce”. This isn’t explained directly in the sketch, but her Bub Bubs are the two fetuses in her womb, who won’t dance to just anything. The three men try in vain to make the woman’s Bub-Bubs dance, but then the master, Palmer Scott, arrives via jet pack (this is taking place on a weird video-game style jet-propelled platform) and gets the Bub-Bub’s bouncing.

This one feels like the kind of thing they would’ve split up into small parts and scatter throughout the episode, but this gets to play out as a complete work. I respect art, and i consider this art. Also, the whole concept of “Bub-Bub’s” and them bouncing does come off like childish bullshit that anyone could come up with, sure, but the video component really elevates the material. Despite (or possibly because of) it’s simplicity, it has found a permanent home in my head, and I reference it frequently whenever talking about a small pet or objectifying a body part. It’s good, I like it and respect it. 

There’s also “Daymare”, which hearkens back to similar season one style bits of brief silliness. They’ve done a couple bits that remind of season one. Tim and Eric really did take things back to basics in this season, and you gotta admit that sounded really smart of me to say. 

There’s also the Cinco Mouth Decorator, which holds the distinguished honor of being one of the very few sketches from the show that I had absolutely zero memory of. It’s nothing special, and seems pretty easily digestible as far as Tim and Eric goes. This would be the kind of thing SNL would do and people would go “THIS IS LIKE TIM AND ERIC! WOW!”. This one has it’s moments, though. The weird linger at the end is good. 

…

[the-story-forge]

⚠️Warning this story has extreme graphic adult content, viewer discretion is advised! ⚠

Chapter 3 - Scars

The staff hit his ankles, Eric cried out with pain, tasting the cold concrete against his face and the blood pool in his mouth.

“Try to watch your legs or you will always find yourself on the ground,” barked The Master.

“I am trying,” Eric attempted to give himself validation, but he knew The Master was right.

“Try harder!” The Master beat the staff into his chest knocking the wind out of his lungs.

Pain at that point meant nothing to him. He no longer felt it, he learned to live with it. Instead, he would use the pain to guide him.

Eric jumped up and took his stance, the staff flew to meet his temple, he blocked it with his palm and rejected the staff’s momentum, one move after the other, and this time he anticipated the staff going for his legs. Eric bent away from the staff turning just in time to get out of it’s way, it passed under him. He landed back on the mat letting the pain fuel his anger and hate allowing for his strength.

"Good," The Master’s fiery eyes complimented his hurt like oil complimented water. A malcontent of how he was, and the desire to change constantly drilled into him. Beneath that malcontent lay a desire to burn them all. Every day he was becoming stronger. Soon he would make them pay using the talents they had given him. His hate would be his guide, but he never expected it to take him as far as it had.

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Eric dropped down from the pull up bar onto the mat. He stretched his legs out, breathing in the rusty air of the storage locker. It was here that he trained and pushed his body to fitness limits. It was his own little "nest" of sorts. A Sparrow needed his nest, and this was his safe haven.

Eric wrapped his hands in bandages and hung a punching bag from the ceiling, he let punch after punch and kick after kick take him back to the beginning. When he was forced to become an un-killable weapon, the knowledge of every hand-to-hand combat style and a tolerance for pain like no normal man could and should have had.

As he drove his knuckles into the course, unwelcoming, rough leather of the bag, he remembered the times he was held down and whipped, the same feeling in his knuckles of pain. The blood that pooled from his back and the burns taking months to become healed only to have the flesh torn apart again.

Pain. It was all he knew.

He punched harder and harder. Eric felt the burning in his knuckles, the lack of breath in his chest and the sweat dripping from his forehead.

Exhausting days and sleepless nights of training, countless drills and fights, by the age of seven he had mastered Karate ad Kung Fu, by the age of nine Eric was a master of every known and some unknown styles of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts.

His childhood had been taken from him. He wondered if it was worth it, to become an animal numb to feeling. He wished he still felt something, but he couldn’t, at least that's what he thought until he met Rose. Somehow, he felt love, Rose had brought out feeling he didn't know existed in what was left of this buried soul inside him. Buried under the darkness and the screaming and the fires of rage.

Trauma after trauma drove him, keeping him awake. The fires that burned, hands clawing against the windows, the bodies and the screaming. He had left them all for dead and it haunted him.

Eric let out a scream, launching himself into the air, unleashing a mad fury of butterfly kicks to the punching bag, knocking it off of the hooks and sending it into the wall.

Eric reacted involuntarily, twisting in the air and falling onto his knees and hands. His shaggy thick brown hair reeked of sweat and clung to his forehead. For a moment he lay there breathless, suppressing it all away for the millionth time.

Eric didn't know how long he spent in the shower, letting the water wash away the sweat on his face and the blood on his knuckles, but yet the water could not clean his soul and consciousness from what had become of Eric Dror.

The truth was that the scars remained and always would, it was how he dealt with them that mattered. No matter the bruising and scarring he received, it only served as a reminder to push farther. In the end these scars were one thing to him above all else, reminders of the pain.

Eric breathed in deeply and applied the makeup to his eyes, he pulled the hood over his head and the mask over his face. Eric fastened the straps of the wrist hooks to his forearms and cocked the grapple cables into place. He grabbed his bag and threw it on his shoulder letting the pain drive him once more.

The Sparrow opened up the window and climbed up the fire escape to the roof, heading for where it all started, once more into the night as the savior of the people.

Written by Phoenix Rose

Characters and Story Created by Phoenix Rose

A Story Forge Production

[quaykey]

Thoughts on Writing Anxiety, aka I hate my plot

For the last week or two I've had this anxious dread in my bones. I can't shake it. It's kind of like when you know something is off, but you can't quite put your finger on it. Some might call it a gut feeling, and I suppose it is. It's worse, though, because it's in my chest.

Something about my writing isn't working.

In this post you'll be able to join me as I process this anxiety and dread that's been killing me at work.

We know that anxiety is future based. When you're anxious, it always has something to do with an expectation of the future. Fight or flight (or freeze, or fawn). It's a mode of preperation.

What is it about my anxiety that relates to my writing? How does it relate to the future?

The plot. The outline. It's the thing that tells me in twenty thousand words:

I should be at roughly chapter seventeen, assuming I'm averaging a 4000 word count per chapter.

My characters need to be at this point in the overall journey.

Each character is at their own specific point in their own character arc.

Subplot B and D need to be paid off.

Subplot F needs to be setup.

I'd be surprised if someone didn't get anxiety over such a daunting challenge. I, however, am but a mere mortal.

Image: Takai Art

If you've ever played dungeons or dragons (or any kind of tabletop roleplaying game), you'll know there's a game master or a dungeon master who effectively narrates and crafts the tale.

It's the dungeon masters job to tell the epic story that the group of roleplayers are travelling through. They have to set the scenes, play all of the NPCs in realtime, and offer hooks, conflicts and payoffs to the party surrounding them.

I suppose a DM (dungeon master) has to balance a lot going on. They will most likely have a sketch of what they want to happen in mind. They'll know there's a mountain through a valley where a dragon lives, and the shady man within the inn offers them a contract to go and kill the dragon. The DM will have a few different ideas for combat or conflicts along the journey to the mountain. Maybe a 'puzzle scene', maybe a 'fight with orcs' scene. But the DM will keep the details light.

The DM can't prepare too specifically, because that will force the players to travel down a predetermined path that the DM has created. The whole idea of Dungeons and Dragons is that the players are in an open world! They can go wherever they want to go, and do anything they want to do.

When a DM forces players down a storyline, it's called Railroading.

Huh.

You're smart, so you've already seen the metaphor I'm drawing. As a writer, to outline is to railroad my characters along a single path. If I treat my characters like players - agents of their own story - then they can make an infinite number of decisions! I can present them with a situation or scenario, and see how they react as I write.

This is the best description of railroading I could find.

railroading: - telling a player he can't do something because it would break your story (a good scenario is robust to weird player choices) - continually spawning more monsters until they kidnap an NPC because it's necessary for your story (negating their strategies for protecting him) - putting a plot-centric event or creature in the PCs' path no matter which way they go (AKA quantum ogre, negating the players' choice of path. this will blow up in your face if the players - start scouting ahead or using divination) - fudging rolls to enforce failure (negating the player's luck because it would damage your storyline) - fudging rolls to enforce success (see above) - making the enemies beat your players in a race to a location because they have to get there first for the story to work (negating any clever transportation solutions the players come up with) - having a BBEG (ugh) that serves as a final boss that no amount of player ingenuity will defeat before you want him defeated (self-explanatory i hope) not railroading: - telling a player he can't do something because it's impossible (negating player choice, not to enforce a specific outcome) the villain redirects his orc raiders to try the kidnapping again, rather than continuing to rob travelers (difference: logical NPC behavior, the players have impacted his plans and changed the situation) - having a creature seek the players out actively (again, NPC decisions in response to player choices, with ripple effects on other parts of the situation) - player fails a check (negates decision, not to enforce outcome) player succeeds a check (see above) - the enemies beat the players to a location because the players decided to save money and walk (logical consequences of player decisions) - having villains that evolve (mostly into corpses, honestly) and develop relationships naturally through player interactions

Original Post

Dramatic Superposition is a fantasitc term made by someone who commented. Nothing exists until it's observed.

Really, truly, I should ask my characters what they would do, and I should respect their desire. From there, I can sprinkle in my sketched plot, or I can give them free passage. I could introduce new challenges or characters, or not.

So all this chatting. What's the point?

Well, you see - my attention is no longer stuck in the future. It's not thinking about the seventeenth chapter, and how many words should be there, and what plot that hasn't even been started needs to be finished.

My attention will be in the present, assessing and living through the characters on the page. What they want, I write. And if they want something stupid, I'll rewind, go back in time, edit or add things, and make that option stupid so they don't want it anymore.

Now I'll be in the present, and when I'm in the present, my anxiety dies.

[tokiro07]

Martial Master Asumi ch.3 thoughts

[DILF: Dad I’d LIke to Fight]

While the first two chapters were heavily focused on characterizing our main cast, this chapter focuses more on the meta of MMA, which is a very necessary shift for a sports manga to make considering that it’s about the sport

I really appreciate seeing Asumi analyzing and strategizing in real time, especially since it’s made so clear that he has no idea what he’s doing

Not that he isn’t capable of thinking on his feet and succeeding, as he does react well and earn praise from Okiba’s father, but his inexperience is on full display, giving us a clear baseline for the improvement he’s going to be undergoing as the story goes on

There are two ends of the spectrum for protagonists in sports manga: the genius and the rookie. You can either follow someone who’s amazing at the sport from the get-go and gets to show off against everyone else while imparting some kind of philosophical truth to everyone else with their skill, or you can follow someone with no experience or interest learning said philosophical truth from everyone else as they catch up

Hinomaru Zumou’s Hinomaru was the former, teaching other geniuses the value of perseverance, while Asumi is the latter, though exactly what lesson he has to learn really hasn’t been developed much yet. I’m guessing it will be something along the line of actually embracing his life instead of running from it

Asumi learning that MMA is fun is an important step, but interestingly it’s been portrayed as exclusively negative thus far, with a tendency to go too far and hurt his opponents. He’s been stopped every time so far, but sooner or later there will certainly be a time where no one is around to keep him in check and he’ll either really hurt someone or have the strength to self-regulate, and that’s going to be a huge moment for him

I also like the foreshadowing for the fingerlock from last chapter, where his grandpa beat him with a fingerlock, so naturally he tried to do the same thing to his opponent when he had the opportunity, not realizing that it was a foul. I think he also took his grandpa’s advice about “feeling the flow of power” instead of just “grabbing at anything,” considering that he was able to lead Okiba’s father into a position that would let him bring him to the ground and then consistently counter his attempts to break his holds

I do think that Kawada could have illustrated the choreography just a bit better, I feel like I couldn’t really follow the action very well. I was actually under the impression that Asumi “grabbing at anything” was him trying to grab his grandpa’s fingers not realizing it was an illegal move, but I realized that the framing of the panel makes it clear that the lock was painful, so it had to be Asumi

I think that drawing sumo, which is generally more straightfoward than MMA, might have somewhat limited Kawada’s ability for choreography, so I think drawing MMA will be a good challenge for him to broaden his art, and I’m excited to see how it grows from here

Speaking of Hinomaru Zumou transitioning to MMA, I have to figure that Kawada chose it specifically because he felt like he didn’t get to focus on Kunisaki enough. I’m hoping that we’ll actually get to see him in this series, maybe getting some updates on that lady he hooked up with in America and the baby they had. I love when authors connect their series together, and this one has a perfect opportunity. Maybe Okome will even be a major character in some way? I don’t know what year this is meant to take place relative to Hinomaru, so she could easily be either grown up or Asumi’s age

I’m expecting next week to be another character heavy chapter with the introduction of Kazuro. Admittedly I wasn’t expecting him to show up this quickly, I figured he’d show up in like...twenty to fifty chapters, maybe a few arcs in, not right at the beginning

I will say though that if he’d been introduced later, I probably would have taken it as a red flag since estranged family members are usually a sign of cancellation. Can’t wait to see how this plays out!

[pan-flute-skeleton]

A, C, D, and S for Vivi!

Because why not, how about Serfvetta?

Now we're talkin! I'm gonna split these into two posts because it's gonna be huge with both fluff and smut for these two. I will start with Vivi

Fluff

Affection: She's quite affectionate when she develops her feelings. Upon first meet, Vivi has been considered stand-offish. She's a mixed bag at expressing it because it depends on her mood and situation. Sometimes she's touchy feely, sometimes she's doing acts of service, sometimes she's comforting people with her words.

Cuddles: Looooves to cuddle Skwisgaar. She has mastered the art of cuddling his gangly body. Whether it be against his chest or being his big spoon, so long as their bodies are touching. One night, she noticed that they were sleeping butt to butt which she found really funny and endearing.

Domestic: Vivi is definitely wifey material. Not the greatest at cleaning, but you don't see any dust on the counters and that's good enough for her. She cooks, not the most adventurous, certainly more than Skiwsgaar ever does. Before dethklok, she was prepared to live the traditional life while working her ass off. Kids perhaps, but she's still working on that trauma. After dethklok, she's more open to the winds of change. She knows the life of a rockstar is wild and unpredictable and if she truly wants her relationship to last, she's willing to move with them.

Security: This chick almost beat Toki with a bat because he was a stranger in her bar before hours! She's got a fighting spirit and will defend herself and others who need. Vivi never had been saved or protected before, always relying on herself, so she wouldn't know how to react if someone, especially Skwisgaar, defended her.

Smut

Aftercare: Depends on the type of play. More intimate and romantic, she's gonna wanna cuddle her man and kiss to taste the sweat off his skin. More aggressive, toy based play, she's proactive with cleaning them. She hates the idea of lust soaked toy rolling around on the floor or her bed, so she will give a cursory cuddle but then it's right to the bathroom to scrub.

Cum: She's got an IUD so often times he will cum inside her. She loves the idea of carrying a small piece of Skiwsgaar around after the deed. In the heat of the moment, she will beg him to cum on her whether it be her ass or her stomach, not her face or hair. Vivi benefits from some clitoral stimulation and she prefers his mouth over his hands.

Dirty: One time, she hooked up with a guy B.S. (before Skwisgaar) and they were 69ing. Long story short, the guy leaned to the side and bit her on the asscheek. A total surprise and she liked it. And she will crave it on occasion.

Stamina: Vivi can go a few rounds. The most she ever came in one session was four times. As she's gotten older and busier, she delegates a minimum of one orgasm, maximum two, and then she's like "alright, let's start the day"

[3braintech]

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We invite you to share your thoughts on these ReactJS trends for 2024. How are you incorporating these trends into your projects, and what challenges or successes have you encountered? Leave a comment below, and let's continue the conversation on staying ahead in ReactJS development!

[chicken-in-a-basket]

Super Heavyweight God Gravion Side Story

G's Tragedy

Episode 3 (3 episodes total)

Episode 1 Episode 2

Eiji conceals himself in a corner of a dimly lit hallway. Fortunately, he hasn't been found by his pursuers yet. Previously, when he snuck into the North Tower with Mizuki, the knowledge he acquired from her teaching him where to navigate so he won't activate sensors or observation devices has paid off.

What worries him is Tuile's health. She was covered in blood and collapsed. What's happened to her since? It would nice if she's all right. Well, what's the point of thinking about these things?

Then he realizes he has stepped into the daily living block. In addition to the medical room where Tuile is receiving treatment, this place has a bath, a laundry, and a changing room for the maids. Suddenly, Eiji notices something with his nose. A good smell drifts his way. It's the smell of soup. Since it's the daily living block, of course, there's a kitchen nearby. Perhaps today's breakfast is being prepared. His stomach grumbles. He can't resist the seduction of this smell. He figures he can get something to eat if he sneaks into the kitchen. He also figures he can check on Tuile's condition in the medical treatment room later.

Eiji quietly opens the kitchen door. All of a sudden, from behind the door, Cookie forcefully pulls it open.

"Mr. Eiji, I won't let you escape now," says Cookie as she grabs Eiji by the collar.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!!"

Sandman says, "So you've come, Eiji."

Eiji reacts to Sandman's voice.

Inside the room enveloped by the smell of soup, Sandman, Raven, Luna, Leele, and Ena are lined up. Luna puts an aghast expression on her face and sighs.

"sigh When I heard from Sandman we were going to fish you out with food, I thought that was ridiculous, but now I see you got caught easily, hook, line, and sinker."

Leele worriedly stares at Eiji and says, "Eiji…"

Eiji grunts.

"Argh!"

Eiji suddenly twists his body and escapes from Cookies clutches.

Raven says, "Wait, Eiji! Tuile's…"

Without caring what Raven has to say, he runs through the hall at full speed and turns a corner. Suddenly, someone's kick comes flying.

"Whoa!"

He reflexively dodges and stands on guard.

Mizuki says, "Well done. Just in case, I was lying in wait, but compared to that time you snuck into my room, you seem to have grown," and chuckles. Then without a moment's delay, she attacks continuously. It is a combination of a thrust, elbow, knee, and a spin kick.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

While no one has an idea where she learned everything, Mizuki's martial arts prowess is first rate. Amazingly, Eiji regains his balance and turns his back on her to try to escape. However, Toga is in front of him.

"This is the end of the line, Eiji."

Toga has a grim look in his eyes. He's in combat mode. Eiji is all too familiar with those eyes. When this happens, Toga's personality changes. Other than defeating the enemy, he thinks of nothing. Eiji stands up on his guard as well. Taking a glance behind him, he sees Mizuki with her hands on her hips, having changed into a spectator.

She says, "I won't interfere, so you two go at it."

That is her attitude.

"Master Toga!" The three mini-maids, and later, Sandman, Luna, and the others come running. Toga shields the three mini-maids with his back turned against them.

He says to them, "It's dangerous. Step back."

Eiji thought, "Wow. Even in combat mode, he can take the children into consideration. I wonder if he's growing too," but that thought only lasts a moment. Toga's highly trained combat attacks assault Eiji. Punches and kicks several levels faster than Mizuki's come flying in and cut through the air along with the sound. Eiji can barely dodge them. He always faces Toga as an opponent in martial arts training, but he hasn't won, even once. There was that one time when he landed a punch into Toga's face outside of practice, though.

Toga's attacks keep increasing in speed. As Eiji frantically dodges, a sweat drop develops onhis brow.

Inside the castle's passageway, the battle between Eiji and Toga is unfolding. Eiji is dodging Toga's stinging thrusts and kicks by the skin of his teeth. The people gathered at the spot - Sandman and Raven. Luna, Leele, Mizuki, and Ena, the Gran Knights, and the maids - all of them have had their breath taken away and are staring at the combat.

Raven asks, "Aren't you going to stop this, Sandman?"

Sandman replies to Raven by saying, "No, this battle is too beautiful. It would be a shame to make them stop."

This is definitely a clash between high level attacking techniques and defensive techniques. However, it cannot be said they are even. Eiji is fully on the defensive and has no breathing room to counterattack.

(Eiji thinks, "This… this guy is ridiculously strong! In that case, this is sink or swim!")

Eiji makes up his mind in an instant. Toga's stinging punch comes to assault him. He draws in on the punch until the very last moment and then, on his own, falls down on his back, facing up. Toga reacts momentarily and changes his line of sight to look down. This becomes a slight opening. The punch's path, his line of sight, his sense of balance; these three factors made his concentration crumble momentarily.

"Gotcha!"

Eiji unleashes a kick as he falls down. However, Toga's surprisingly quick reflexes and his body's flexibility allow him to dodge the attack, leap, and fall to one side. Eiji quickly gets up. He instantaneously closes the distance between himself and Toga to throw a punch! Toga doesn't dodge. He unleashes a punch as well, at lightning fast speed. It appears to be a cross counter. Toga's speed and power is a level higher than those of Eiji's. However, Eiji threw a punch first. No one knows who'll fall down until a punch connects.

At that very moment, "Whoa! Please slop!" Hearing the ditzy voice, Eiji and Toga lose their balance and their punches end up hitting nothing but air.

"Tuile!"

Everyone looks toward the source of the voice. The blue-haired operator maid, Tuile, all of a sudden has run toward where everyone was at.

Tuile says, "Master Toga, Mr. Eiji, please don't fight over me anymore!"

Tessera asks, "Well, they're not really fighting over you but… well, is it all right for you to be up already?"

"Yes. I'm perfectly fine."

"Tuile, you're all right," adds Eiji as he wobbles and sits down on the spot.

"Tuile, what happened? Why were you collapsed inside the Attacker's cockpit?"

Tuile answers Marinia's questions by explaining, "Well. Actually, I wanted to dye my hair red to make it look like Tessera's. I wanted to surprise everyone and tried to dye it in secret in the hangar, but Thoria and the others came in. Then when I quickly hid in the Attacker's cockpit, Mr. Eiji was asleep so I was surprised, tripped, hit my hand on the console, and the canopy closed. Then I fell on the floor and hit my head. Bonk."

"…and that's why you were passed out inside the locked cockpit with Eiji," adds Mizuki with a sense of astonishment in her voice.

Cookie glares at Tuile with a scary face and says, "Tuile, there's a limit as to how much you're allowed to make others panic."

Tuile replies, "Oh. I'm sorry."

Brigitta asks, "But why were you in your underwear?"

Tuile answers, "Oh. Well, if red hair dye gets onto the maid outfit, washing it is going to be a problem, right?"

A feeling of listlessness dominates the spot. Among all the tired faces, only Toga goes back to his usual happy-go-lucky mood, smiles, and says, "This is great, Eiji. You're cleared."

"Of course! You guys chased me, an innocent and faithful person, around. You guys, reflect on your own conduct a little."

At that moment, Thoria adds, "By the way, Mr. Eiji. This was inside the Attacker's cockpit. A dress-up Mari doll. Does this belong to you?," and presents a doll, which has a dislodged right shoulder joint.

Luna screams, "Hey! That's my doll! That's my treasure, something my father bought for me when I was little!"

Hearing Luna's voice, Eiji's face stiffens up.

Leele asks, "Huh? Eiji, weren't you in the Attacker to practice piloting?" and looks at Eiji with suspicion.

Luna adds, "I'd like to know what's going on." Being glared at by Luna, Eiji perspires some greasy sweat.

"Well, uh… that is… Yesterday, when we had tea with everyone in your room, I inadvertently stepped on it. I figured I'd fix it in some place I wouldn't be found. Heh, heh, heh…"

Luna shouts, "Don't 'heh heh heh' me! Hold it right there!"

Now, a game of tag between Eiji and Luna starts. The relentless pursuit continues until dawn, and when Eiji is finally caught, he is severely reprimanded by Luna. Later on, as punishment for causing the maids so much trouble, he is forced to participate in a game and is stripped naked.

However, that's another story. That is a story for "Gravion Zwei."

The End.

Written by Fumihiko Shishige, main story script specialist. Please support the second series, "Super Heavyweight God Gravion Zwei," as well!

[codezup]

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Essential Skills for React Developers in 2024: What you need to Master

Introduction:

React continues to dominate the front-quit development panorama, imparting a powerful and flexible library for constructing dynamic user interfaces. As the internet evolves and consumer expectations push upward, so do the skill sets required for React builders to stay ahead of the curve. This blog delves into the important skills you need to grasp in 2024 to thrive as a React developer.

Building Strong Foundations: The Web Development Trinity

Before diving into React-particular information, a strong knowledge of the essential net improvement technologies is critical. This middle trio of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (JS) bureaucracy is the bedrock upon which React applications are constructed.

HTML: The basis of web structure, HTML defines the content and elements that make up a webpage. A sturdy hold on HTML semantics allows you to create properly dependent and available UIs.

CSS: CSS breathes existence into HTML by way of defining patterns like format, fonts, and colors. Proficiency in CSS, including preprocessors like Sass, is vital for crafting visually appealing and responsive UIs that adapt seamlessly across one-of-a-kind gadgets.

JavaScript, the language that injects interactivity into web pages, is essential for constructing dynamic and person-centric studies. Mastering cutting-edge JavaScript functions like ES6+ syntax, functional programming concepts, and asynchronous programming is key.

Mastering the Art of React: Core Concepts and Modern Features

With a corporation drawn close to the net development trinity, we can delve deeper into React-specific capabilities. Here's a breakdown of the essential React concepts and capabilities you want to grasp:

Components: React's constructing blocks and additives encapsulate UI functionality and nation. Understanding component shape, lifecycle methods (like componentDidMount and componentWillUnmount), and reusability patterns is paramount.

JSX: A syntax extension for JS, JSX lets you write HTML-like systems inside your code for a more intuitive way to outline UIs. Understanding JSX syntax and great practices is essential.

State Management: As programs grow, dealing with the state (records that determine a factor's conduct) will become important. Familiarity with numerous country management solutions like React's integrated state, the Context API, or outside libraries like Redux is vital.

Hooks: Introduced in React 16.8, Hooks provide an effective way to control kingdom and facet effects within functional additives. Mastering hooks like useState, useEffect, and custom hooks streamlines improvement and enhances code readability.

Virtual DOM: A central idea, the digital DOM is an in-memory representation of the real UI. Understanding how React makes use of the virtual DOM for updates and rendering is vital for optimizing performance.

Beyond the Basics: Advanced Techniques and Tools

Once you've mastered the core principles, enlarge your skillset with these techniques and equipment:

Testing: Writing unit and integration tests ensure code pleasantness and maintainability. Explore trying out libraries like Jest and React Testing Library for a sturdy look at suites.

Routing: React programs often contain more than one page or perspective. Understanding routing libraries like React Router for dealing with navigation is crucial.

Performance Optimization: As programs grow, performance becomes a crucial challenge. Techniques like code splitting, lazy loading, and memoization can extensively enhance a person's revel in.

Accessibility: Building inclusive UIs is vital; explore accessibility, great practices, and equipment to ensure React packages cater to users of all skills.

Styling Solutions: CSS-in-JS libraries like Styled Components and Emotion offer an alternative method to styling React additives, offering higher maintainability and separation of issues.

Original Source: React developers