--- title: Best RUBYLAND posts — October 2023 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted RUBYLAND posts from October 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla/best-of/2023/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla/best-of/2023/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best RUBYLAND posts — October 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted RUBYLAND posts from October 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of RUBYLAND — October 2023 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/base64-encoding-explained-bmwb29ido "Base64 Encoding, Explained") Article RUBYLAND · 3y Base64 Encoding, Explained Base64 encoding converts binary data into ASCII text using a specific set of characters. It is used to embed image data in HTML, handle non-URL friendly characters in URLs, and transfer files as text. Base64 encoding ensures data remains unchanged during transport. Different programming languages have built-in support for Base64 encoding and decoding. 33 5 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-nine-best-recommendations-in-the-new-react-docs-gkwafsaus "The nine best recommendations in the new React docs") Article RUBYLAND · 3y The nine best recommendations in the new React docs The React docs provide several recommendations for writing React code, including choosing the right key for elements in a loop, defining components at the top level, and storing minimal representation in state. Other recommendations include deferring caching until there are performance issues, naming shared code functions as hooks only if they call other hooks, setting state directly in the component function when adjusting state in response to a prop change, using a library for data fetching instead of useEffect, writing code in an event handler instead of useEffect when responding to an event, and removing dependencies from both the dependency array and the effect function in useEffect. 13 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-coding-best-practices-9mhgc12wh "React Native — Coding Best Practices") Article RUBYLAND · 3y React Native — Coding Best Practices Following consistent coding standards and best practices in React Native development can greatly improve code quality, maintainability, and collaboration among developers. 13 [See all RUBYLAND archives](/sources/rubyla/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla/best-of/2023/10#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla/best-of/2023/10","name":"Best RUBYLAND Posts — October 2023","description":"The most upvoted RUBYLAND posts from October 2023, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla/best-of/2023/10#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/base64-encoding-explained-bmwb29ido","name":"Base64 Encoding, Explained"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-nine-best-recommendations-in-the-new-react-docs-gkwafsaus","name":"The nine best recommendations in the new React docs"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-coding-best-practices-9mhgc12wh","name":"React Native — Coding Best Practices"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"RUBYLAND","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"October 2023"}]}]} ```