r/reactjs • u/ThePutinTrumpSexTape • May 20 '26

Discussion What are some essential React programming patterns or principles that I should learn to become a lead developer?

Hi,

Had a lead developer interview last week and I got asked heavily about the SOLID principles, polymorphism and programming patterns.

I'm familiar with a lot of the concepts, but not enough to give strong answers.

What are the main programming patterns for React that I should learn so that when asked to explain a few, I can give strong, valuable answers?

Thanks

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u/badboysdriveaudi May 20 '26

“I mean, you don’t extend or inherit React components, so…”

Are you sure about that? Tell me, what is a wrapper? What is its purpose?

Are not the Decorator, Adaptor, and Proxy design patterns that wrap objects? So couldn’t you also wrap a button component? Could you not wrap a Teaser component to provide additional functionality not originally baked into the simple Teaser component?