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• I've created a playground in the mono-repo for ReactJS experiments
• I have started working on a very lightweight design system
• I am giving a talk to PHP Minds next Thursday. The talk is called Code with Confidence with PHPCS 
• PHP UK has announced their CFP and released early bird tickets. I have tickets.
• This weekend I am off to see England versus Scotland in the Common wealth boxing

News/Articles How to call rest APIs using React https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/06/rest-api-react-fetch-axios/ How to use the React Router to create an image link https://bobbyhadz.com/blog/react-image-link React higher order components A higher-order component (HOC) is an advanced technique in React for reusing component logic. HOCs are not part of the React API, per se. They are a pattern that emerges from React’s compositional nature. Concretely, a higher-order component is a function that takes a component and returns a new component. https://reactjs.org/docs/higher-order-components.html What is a Design system

• A collection of reusable components
• A place for collaboration amongst designers and developers
• A set of standards that must be adhered too
• A set of guidelines and principles that are relevant to the business

Not just a component library A component library is a library of reusable components that other designers and developers can use. A design system also sets out a series of rules and standards for the components and surrounding design. These include but are not limited to 

• Typography
• Spacing
• Branding
• User experience
• Language
• Voice and tone
• Colours
• Patten

Often, a design system will explain what is allowed and what is not allowed. Examples of design systems

• IBM https://carbondesignsystem.com/
• Shopify https://polaris.shopify.com/
• Material design https://material.io/design
• UK Gov https://design-system.service.gov.uk/

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