[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1066},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-notes-refactoring-ui":3,"blog-all-for-related":568},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"cardAlt":5,"categories":552,"description":555,"draft":556,"extension":557,"headerImage":558,"keywords":559,"meta":560,"name":561,"navigation":562,"path":563,"seo":564,"series":6,"stem":565,"updated":6,"year":566,"__hash__":567},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fnotes-refactoring-ui.md","Book Notes: Refactoring UI",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":537},"minimark",[10,22,25,28,36],[11,12,13,14,21],"p",{},"These are highlights\u002Fnotes from book ",[15,16,20],"a",{"href":17,"rel":18},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.goodreads.com\u002Fbook\u002Fshow\u002F43190966-refactoring-ui",[19],"nofollow","\"Refactoring UI\""," by Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger.",[11,23,24],{},"These are personal notes, would recommend reading the book, but in case you are short on time - just skim through these notes 😊",[11,26,27],{},"Refactoring UI is such an amazing read. 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