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Animating with Intention: Scrollytelling with GSAP and Accessibility in Mind

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 5d

🚀 New recording out!

“Animating with Intention: Scrollytelling with GSAP and Accessibility in Mind” is now available on YouTube 🎥
Learn how to create engaging, accessible animations that tell a story.

👉 Watch here: youtu.be/_QcXtl_378A

Building a Weather App in React: A Beginner’s Guide

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 5d

🚀 New blog post in our React Series!
🌦️ Building a Weather App in React: A Beginner’s Guide Check it out: medium.com/@frontendque...

Ah, the classic weather app. If you Google “Build a weather app”, you’ll come across hundreds — maybe thousands — of tutorials and guides…

The Story of i18n: Past, Present, and Best Practices for the Future

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 NEW Recording Available!

📺 The Story of i18n: Past, Present & Best Practices with Aymeric Pineau (creator of
@Intlayer_org
) is now live!

👉 Watch here: youtu.be/vRQNbFPE3Nc
🔔 Subscribe: bit.ly/4cQ5Lt0

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 14d

Just wrapped an awesome session on Animating with Intention with Tsvetelina Mladenova! Learned GSAP tips for smooth, accessible scroll animations & purpose-driven web design. She also reminded us the importance of being authentic in these challenging times for developers. 🎨✨

Building a Currency Converter App with React, Vite & Tailwind CSS

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 18d

🚀 New blog post in our React Series!
💻 Build a Currency Converter App with React, Vite & Tailwind CSS. Check it out: bit.ly/46l3fdX
#React #Vite #TailWindCSS #FrontendQueens

Currency converters are simple yet convenient apps, and building one is a great way to sharpen your front-end skills. In this blog, I’ll…

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 19d

🎬 Animating with intention: scrollytelling with GSAP & accessibility in mind
Learn how to create ✨smooth and accessible✨ scroll-driven animations with creative web developer Tsvetelina Mladenova.
📅 Sep 27
⏰ 11 AM ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3Vyxbg9

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 23d

Our September Meet & Greet was such a blast! 🙌 From fall pumpkin platters to proud projects, new volunteers, and a hilarious round of Scribble (yes, even “gasoline” made an appearance 😅) — we had it all! 💜

🎃 Stay tuned for our Halloween edition! 👻

Star-Rating Component: Beginner’s Guide for React JS

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 25d

⚛️ Our #React series continues with blog #3! ⚛️

✨ Star-Rating Component: Beginner’s Guide for React JS ✨
Written by Uzma Khan 💜
👉 Live Demo: uzmakh.github.io/star-rating
👉 GitHub: github.com/Uzmakh/star-...

Full blog here → medium.com/@frontendque...

These are the early morning hours, and my mind is fresh to capture the star-rating component in React JS . Most commonly, we need to take…

Mastering the useState Hook: Build a Reusable Accordion in React

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · 28d

💻Happy Programmers’ Day! 🎉
Today we honor the brilliant minds who make the impossible possible through code. Programmers are the true builders of our digital world. 🚀
Here’s to more clean commits, smooth deployments, and endless innovation. 🙌

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Sep 11

What an event we had today! 🌍 We explored the world of internationalization (i18n) and how localization makes apps feel at home everywhere. 🚀 Huge thanks to Aymeric PINEAU from Intlayer for sharing the history, impact & best practices of building truly global products. 💡🙌

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Sep 11

It’s time for our first Meet & Greet after the summer break! 🎉
Join us on September 18 @ 2 PM ET for our fall Meet & Greet 👑

🎃Welcome new volunteers
🎲 Fun games
🤝 Networking
📸 Virtual photoshoot

🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4l4TjdT

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨 Reminder: our event is happening TOMORROW!

🌍 The Story of i18n: Past, Present, and Best Practices for the Future
📅 Sept 11, 2025 | ⏰ 12PM ET

Join Aymeric PINEAU & the Intlayer team for an inspiring session on building inclusive, global-ready products.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/4lSLres

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌍 Ever wondered how products work seamlessly worldwide? That’s the power of i18n!

Join Aymeric Pineau & the Intlayer team for insights + stories from women in tech 🚀✨

📅 Sept 11, 2025 | ⏰ 12PM ET 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4lSLres

#i18n #WomenInTech #FrontendQueens

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌸 Our #React series continues! 🌸

🚀 Learn how to build a reusable accordion (like an FAQ section) with React + the useState hook.

Quick read. Live demo. Open-source repo.
Perfect for React beginners 👩‍💻👨‍💻
🔗 Blog: medium.com/@frontendque...

An accordion is a Graphical User Interface(GUI) element that organizes content vertically into collapsible sections and display only when…

Building a Quiz App in React: A Beginner’s Guide 🚀

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌍 Ever wondered how products work seamlessly worldwide? That’s the power of i18n!

Join Aymeric Pineau & the Intlayer team for insights + stories from women in tech 🚀✨

📅 Sept 11, 2025 | ⏰ 12PM ET 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4lSLres

#i18n #WomenInTech #FrontendQueens

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚀 New Blog Alert! 🚀

Kick off fall with our new series: React solutions for common interview questions! 🎉

First up, Agatha Yin shows how to build a Quiz App with React, TS & Tailwind ✨

Read here 👇 medium.com/@frontendque...

I recently set out to build a simple quiz app with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. I wanted something small but meaningful. The goal…

JS Arrays: “The Ordered Chaos of Data”.

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨 New Blog Post Alert!
Check out "JS Arrays: The Ordered Chaos of Data" by Lauren Molloy!

Dive into a beginner-friendly guide on arrays in JavaScript, with tips, methods, and challenges. Perfect for learning ordered data management! 📦🔢 ⬇️ medium.com/@frontendque...

Embracing the Chaos

Add subscriptions to your React Native app in 20 minutes

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Aug 23

🚨 New Recording! 🚨
“Add subscriptions to your React Native app in 20 mins” is now live! 🎥⚡
🧠 @lahteenlahti.com walks through: • iOS & Android IAP • Setup products & subs • RevenueCat integration • Best practices
▶️ Watch: youtu.be/6nHn-uvu78c

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Aug 14

👏 Just wrapped an amazing session with @lahteenlahti.com
on adding subscriptions in React Native!

🚀 Learned in-app purchases, @revenuecat.com paywalls & best practices.

There's still time to join the RevenueCat Shipathon! 🚢

💡Learn more here: www.revenuecat.com/blog/author/...

Add subscriptions to your React Native app in 20 minutes

Design Patterns Study Group Session 4: Unique Instances & Code Reusability

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Aug 7

💹 Add subscriptions to your React Native app in 20 minutes 💫
@lahteenlahti.com, Senior Developer Advocate at
@revenuecat.com , will demonstrate the process, from store setup to integration into your React Native codebase.

📅 Aug 14 | ⏰ 1 PM
🔗Join: bit.ly/4fsgH2E

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Aug 2

🚨 New Recording Alert! 🚨
Design Patterns Study Group – Session 4 is live! 🎥
Learn about Singleton, Mixin, Static Import & Provider patterns with Poulami Saha.
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/oD1Rj34RNkE
🔔 Subscribe: bit.ly/4cQ5Lt0
#FrontendQueens #DesignPatterns

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Jul 26

🎉We just wrapped up our final session of #DesignPatterns study group!
Huge thanks to Poulami Saha for the clear, practical walkthrough of Singleton, Mixin, Static Import & Provider Patterns!👏 And to Lexi Antar for moderating with grace & energy! 💜 Let’s keep building! 💻✨

Design Patterns Study Group Session 3: Optimizing Performance & Structure

Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Jul 23

🎉 Happening This Saturday! 🎉

Design Patterns Study Group – Session 4
📅 July 26 | ⏰ 11 AM ET

Join us for the final session of our study group series and dive into:
✨ Singleton
✨ Mixin
✨ Static Import
✨ Provider Patterns

🔗 Register now → bit.ly/40RtdCo

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Jul 19

🚨 New Recording Alert!

Session 3 of our Design Patterns Study Group is live! 🎥

Huge thanks to Anju Karanji for breaking down the Flyweight & Proxy patterns.

📺 Watch now: youtu.be/zZwyh3yiXWw
📌 Subscribe: bit.ly/4cQ5Lt0

#FrontendQueens #DesignPatterns