Enhance user experience with Pragmatic drag-and-drop in React: Introduce Draggable API

In this video, we dive into the fundamentals of drag-and-drop interactions within React applications, using the Pragmatic Drag-and-Drop (pdnd) library. We'll start by building a simple board application and explore key features like draggable components, handling drag events, and managing states. Learn how to create a custom drag preview UI to improve user experience.

*Timeline:*

- 01:26 - Introduce Pragmatic Drag-and-Drop
- 04:58 - Introduce the board application
- 08:22 - The draggable
- 12:48 - Dragging events
- 14:30 - Working with states
- 16:15 - Dragging preview
- 18:33 - Customise preview UI
- 22:13 - Wrapping up


This is just the beginning—upcoming videos will dive deeper into drop operations, adding more complex interactions when dragging cards between columns, and covering all the core features of a complete drag-and-drop system in React.

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Additional Resources:

- React Anti-Patterns: https://www.amazon.com/React-Anti-Pat...
- React Clean Code Book: https://leanpub.com/react-clean-code
- Maintainable React Book: https://leanpub.com/maintainable-react
- Mastering Maintainable React Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/masterin...
- Headless Component Pattern: https://www.martinfowler.com/articles...

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