Make Your Apps Resilient UsingFinite State Machines With David Khourshid
Chats with Kent C. Dodds
English - August 05, 2019 20:14 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsTechnology Education developer web internet programmer programming development javascript tech node front end Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, David Khourshid gives the rundown on how finite state machines can make your app more testable, more resilient to bugs, and easier to refactor.
David's initial interest in finite state machines stemmed from his background in music. With music, there is a universal notation that crosses genre boundaries. David thought what if there could be music notation for logic? Well, it ends up people have been trying to figure this out for the last thirty years.
A finite state machine can only be in exactly one state out of a limited number of possible states. The machine can transition to another state through explicitly defined events.
David also chats with Kent about extended finite state machines, how state machines can be used to simplify integration testing, the differences between xstate and redux.
HomeworkTake whatever feature you are working on and model it out in your head as a finite state machineResourcesWikipedia: Finite State MachinexstateGuest: David KhourshidTwitter: @davidkpianoGitHub: @davidkpianoHost: Kent C. DoddsWebsite: kentcdodds.comTwitter: @kentcdoddsGitHub: @kentcdoddsYouTube: Kent C. DoddsEpic React: epicreact.dev