Jedidja van der Walt

Jedidja van der Walt

Squad Lead | Front-End Developer
29 points

About

A diligent and adventurous polymath, I am driven by a mission to leverage and enhance my existing skills while continuously cultivating new ones to create a meaningful impact in people's lives. My diverse range of interests has led me to accumulate a wealth of knowledge and skills, reflecting a unique blend of analytical prowess and creative flair. My journey has followed three main threads: language, technology and design. This fusion has allowed me to satisfy both my methodical and analytical left-brain and my imaginative and creative right-brain.

Work

Engineering at Kepler + Co

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React Ref Callback vs HTML Input Autofocus Attribute?

I came across the the React Ref Callback (<input ref={node => node && node.focus()} />) the other day but it seems like just using the HTML Input Autofocus Attribute (<input autofocus />) would be the more native and concise way to get the same result. I admit I haven't physically compared the two yet. Any thoughts from my fellow developers out there?

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