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raddevus

I am a long-time dev and I also try to help others get into dev so I am always interested in how others learn technology related to development.

What app did you create in order to learn those concepts? Was there a target deliverable that automates something? Just curious.
I want a desktop app for Linux (Ubuntu 20.04) that will allow me to click one or more emoji characters and copy them so I can easily paste emojis into discussions like this one.

I am looking to write it as an ElectronJS app. I created an initial prototype at jsfiddle.

emoji-pad
How would what you learned help you to create this app? Just curious.

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Ryan

Hello! I'm not too familiar with ElectronJS so I do not know how it differs from React. I did run across an example video on youtube, youtube.com/watch?v=Qf68sssXPtM&t=..., that was passing state using onClick. Perhaps that would assist you some.

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raddevus

Oh, I probably didn't explain clearly enough. I'm not stuck.
I was just wondering if that you are able to create an Emoji-Pad type of app with the skills you've learned in React? I like to target a specific app to see if I'm learning a particular technology.

Do you think you could create a complete React app for Emoji-Pad? Just curious.

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Ryan

Ah sorry for misunderstanding. I'd imagine I could find my way through creating this. I like the idea of learning by creating an app so I'll have to keep that in mind as I move forward in my learning.