{
  "id": 779932,
  "title": "Building a Simple Currency Converter in React with useState and useMemo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/building-a-simple-currency-converter-in-react-with-usestate-and",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T15:41:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/iszy/building-a-simple-currency-converter-in-react-with-usestate-and-usememo-1fna"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "One of the best ways to learn React is by building small, practical projects. A currency converter is an excellent example because it introduces state management, user input handling, calculations, and performance optimization—all in a single application. I built a simple currency converter using React that converts from USD to EUR, GBP, and JPY. For simplicity, I used fixed exchange rates…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}