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Enhancing React Skills: Senior-Level Exercise Ideas

Explore some exercise ideas specifically designed for senior-level React developers.

Hey there, fellow React enthusiasts! 🚀

In this blog post, I will explore some exercise ideas designed explicitly for senior-level React developers. These exercises will not only help you enhance your React skills but also provide you with real-world scenarios and problem-solving opportunities.

1. Create a movie search app

Build a React application that fetches movie data from an API, allowing users to search for movies by title, genre, or release year. Display movie details, ratings, and trailers.

Here’s a tutorial step-by-step of how you can build a React Movie Search App.

2. Develop a social media dashboard

Design a React dashboard that aggregates data from multiple social media platforms (e.g., Twitter, Instagram) and displays key metrics like follower count, engagement rate, and post-performance. (Try)

3. Optimize Performance

Performance optimization is crucial in modern web development. Test your optimization skills by tackling performance issues in a React application. Identify bottlenecks, optimize expensive operations, and leverage React’s built-in performance tools like React.memo, React.lazy, and React Suspense. Check out this post to dive into this!

4. Create a drag-and-drop Kanban board

Build a Kanban board using React with draggable cards, columns, and the ability to reorder tasks. Implement features like filtering tasks, adding due dates, and assigning tasks to team members.


These exercises should provide senior developers with opportunities to demonstrate their expertise in React, as well as tackle complex features commonly found in real-world applications. Enjoy the coding process!

Remember to have fun and enjoy the learning process!