React development for the parts no template covers.

The first decision is how much React a project needs. React’s own guide, Creating a React App, recommends starting a new app with a framework such as Next.js or React Router, and building from scratch only when a project has constraints those frameworks don’t serve. We follow that advice: full sites and storefronts go to Next.js, and a single interactive piece on an existing site stays a small component.

Kind one is custom frontends and dashboards: a customer portal, a reporting dashboard on top of your store or CRM data, a quote builder, a booking flow. These are built in React with TypeScript, a clear data layer and an API behind them, often a Node.js backend we write too.

Kind two is admin tools for your team: bulk editors, review queues, import screens and other tools that save hours of copy and paste. WordPress admin screens and standalone internal tools can both be built with React components, so your team gets an interface designed for the job instead of a spreadsheet.

Kind three is components embedded in sites you already have: a product configurator on a Shopify theme, a calculator on a WordPress page, a quiz on a landing page. Webflow’s code components are React components that designers can place on the canvas with props and slots, and we build those for Webflow sites too. The component loads only where it is used, so the rest of the site stays fast.

Kind four is WordPress blocks. WordPress’s block editor is written in React, and custom blocks are React components registered with WordPress. This website’s editor uses our own blocks for every section, which is the same skill applied to your site. Our custom WordPress page explains when custom blocks are worth it.

AI-assisted development makes React work faster and cheaper than it used to be. AI tools draft components, forms and tests from a short description; a developer decides how state and data flow, reviews every change and fixes what the AI got wrong. The time saved goes into accessibility, tests and performance, which are the first things cut on a tight budget.

Accessibility is part of every component. Menus, dialogs, tabs and forms follow the patterns in the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide, work with a keyboard and announce themselves to screen readers. We test with a keyboard and a screen reader before release, not only with a mouse.

Performance is measured on phones. React makes it easy to ship too much JavaScript, and Google’s Interaction to Next Paint metric, with a good threshold of 200 milliseconds on web.dev, measures exactly what that costs. We keep bundles small, load components only where they are needed and check field data after launch.

Ownership matters as much as the code. Every React app we build lives in a repository in your name, with a short README that explains how to run it, where data comes from and how to deploy a change. React components are named and organized so another React developer can find their way around in an afternoon, and the handover includes a walkthrough of the parts most likely to change.