Building 11 Free Finance Calculators in React: What I Learned About State, Forms, SEO, and Shipping Without a Backend
The article discusses the author's experience building a site with 11 free finance calculators using React. Key lessons include handling numeric inputs, the complexity of implementing a debt snowball method, and the challenges of SEO for single-page applications. The author emphasizes the importance of content and accessibility in web development.
- ▪The site features calculators for various financial scenarios, built with React 18, Vite, Tailwind, and TypeScript.
- ▪The author faced challenges with controlled numeric inputs and found that storing inputs as strings was more effective.
- ▪SEO issues were addressed by pre-rendering pages and using structured data to improve visibility in search results.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3939274) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Solomon Wealth Code Posted on May 19 Building 11 Free Finance Calculators in React: What I Learned About State, Forms, SEO, and Shipping Without a Backend #react #showdev #sideprojects #webdev I shipped a site called Solomon Wealth Code with 11 free finance calculators (tithe, debt snowball, compound interest, mortgage payoff, net worth, emergency fund, generosity, retirement longevity, budget). Stack: React 18 + Vite + Tailwind + TypeScript, no backend, no database, no auth.
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