Daily React Newsletter

A daily newsletter that sends React, JavaScript, and TypeScript insights directly to your email. The newsletter includes:

1. Useful but lesser-known React/JS/TS knowledge
2. Recent news from the React ecosystem
3. Trending GitHub repositories related to React/JS/TS

This newsletter requires the following environment variables:

• NEWSLETTER_RECIPIENT_EMAIL: The email address where the newsletter will be sent
• OPENAI_API_KEY: For generating content (automatically provided by Val Town)
• GITHUB_TOKEN (optional): A GitHub personal access token to avoid rate limiting when fetching trending repositories

To set these variables in Val Town:

1. Go to your Val Town dashboard
2. Click on "Environment Variables" in the sidebar
3. Add the required variables

The newsletter is set to run on a cron schedule. To adjust when it runs:

1. Go to your Val Town dashboard
2. Find the daily-react-newsletter val
3. Click on the "Cron" tab
4. Set your preferred schedule (e.g., 0 8 * * * to run daily at 8:00 AM UTC)

The newsletter uses:

• OpenAI to generate unique React/JS/TS knowledge tips
• React's blog API to fetch the latest React news (with OpenAI as a fallback)
• GitHub's API to find trending repositories related to React/JS/TS
• Val Town's email functionality to send the formatted newsletter

You can customize the newsletter by modifying the daily-react-newsletter.ts file:

• Adjust the OpenAI prompts to get different types of content
• Change the email template design
• Modify the GitHub search query to find different types of repositories
• Add additional sections to the newsletter

If you encounter issues:

1. Check the logs in Val Town to see any error messages
2. Verify that all environment variables are set correctly
3. Ensure your OpenAI API key has sufficient quota
4. If GitHub API requests are failing, consider adding a GitHub token