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React Podcast

126 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratings

Conversations about React with your favorite developers.

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75: Sunil Pai on The Future of UI Frameworks

December 05, 2019 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MB

React Core Team member Sunil Pai in the chair today. React is a complicated project. It's open source but lead by facebook. That's a hard pill for many to swollow. But, for it, we get a framework that's battle-tested at facebook scale — every experimental API tested by billions of users. Today, Sunil and I dive into the future of React as a UI framework, how Concurrent mode marks a shift in focus from developer experience to user experience, and what it'll take to finally get better design...

74: Holiday Update with Chantastic (Short. 4 Minutes)

November 27, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 3.63 MB

I'm so grateful for you. This is just a short thank you from me to you, an update on my React Suspense course, and what you can expect from React Podcast in 2020. Featuring chantastic — Twitter, Website, GitHub Links reactsuspense.com — An ugly site with links to my new React Suspense course and newsletter Sponsors Linode Linode : Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and node locatio...

73: Brian Vaughn on Fast Refresh for Web and Concurrent React Dev Tools

November 21, 2019 13:00 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MB

Brian Vaughn joins us for an update on React Developer Tools. We talk about Fast Refresh for the web, New developer convienciences around codemods, And new React Dev Tools features to help you profile, suspend component trees, and find your way around unfamiliar React apps. This chat is guaranteed to help you be a quicker, happier, more productive React developer. Featuring Brian Vaughn— Twitter, Website, GitHub chantastic — Twitter, Website, GitHub Links Introducing the New React D...

72: Kitze on Surviving Hype Driven Development Culture

November 14, 2019 13:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB

Today we're talking with Kitze about his transition from open source to product, what his development browser Sizzy has taught him about business, and the dangers of our hype-driven development cycles. We discuss what we think is wrong with the culture of web development today and how to keep focused on skills that won't be consumed by designer/developer robots. Featuring Kitze— Twitter, Website, GitHub chantastic — Twitter, Website, GitHub Links React Live — Amsterdam Navigating the ...

71: Joe Savona on Relay and Data Fetching with Suspense

November 07, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

In the immortal words of TLC, "Don't go chasing waterfalls". Turns out they're really easy to find in React today. Joe Savona joins us to talk about avoiding waterfalls in your React code. He's here for our 2nd of 6 React Conf 2019 interviews to talk about data-fetching strategies with Suspense. Joe has spent the last year working with the React team in developing a relay-suspense integration for the new facebook.com. He shares the lessons and patterns they've learned and how they're ba...

70: Andrew Clark on Concurrent Mode

October 31, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

Today we kick off our first of 6 React Conf interviews. We start with Andrew Clark to learn what this React Conf 2019 means for us — our libraries and apps. He's a core team member who cut his React teeth on the fiber re-write and he's been deep in Concurrent React for 3 years. We chat about future features, prerelease channels, and how Suspense is preparing the way for others to bring cooperative concurrency to their libraries, applications, and frameworks. Featuring Andrew Clark — Twi...

69: The Suspense is Almost Over — A Pre-ReactConf Concurrent React Rundown with Swyx

October 22, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

This week is React Conf! And I suspect that Suspense and Concurrent Mode will have a good showing. So — in anticipation and excitement — I asked friend of the show, Swyx, to join me for a Suspense/Concurrent React rundown episode — covering everything you need to know so far and what we hope to see at this year's event. Neither of us have priviliged info. We're just two nerds who like to keep abreast of React's most exciting future feature. Featuring swyx (Shawn Wang) — Twitter, Websit...

68: Lara Schenck on CSS Algorithms and Turd-Driven Development

October 17, 2019 12:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB

Today we sit with Lara Schenck to discuss CSS Algorithms and my favorite term of the year: Turd Driven Development. She's brilliant, obviously. And It's a real treat to chat with someone who shares my affinity for CSS and a stoic acceptance of how crappy our codebases are. But she offers hope, to teams that prioritize the work of design engineering. Do not miss her talk CSS Algorithms. It's — hands down — my favorite talk of 2019. Featuring Lara Schenk — Twitter, Website, GitHub Mich...

67: Swizec Teller on Hustle and Focus

October 10, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MB

This week we sit with Swizec Teller and learn how to get more done in every day. Swizec has an incredible work ethic — regularly blogging, vlogging, live streaming, and writing books on your favorite web technologies React and D3. How does he do all that and keep a full-time job at a startup? Today, we try to find out what his secret is and how to mimic that focus. Featuring Swizec Teller — Twitter, Website, GitHub Michael Chan — Twitter, Website, GitHub Swizec's projects es6cheatshe...

66: Jonathan Cutrell on The Future of Work — Part 2

October 03, 2019 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MB

This week we continue our discussion with Jonathan Cutrell about the future of work. This time, we're talking about teamwork. We tackle a few important questions. How do you invest in a team that is separated by hundreds of miles? How do you find moments to spark trust where serendipity is at a minimum? And how do you make sure everyone is heard and feels good about their work? If you work remote — or hope to work remote — these questions are at the forefront of your mind as you decide...

65: Jonathan Cutrell on The Future of Work — Part 1

September 26, 2019 12:30 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

This week we sit down with Jonathan Cutrell. He's the host of the beloved podcast Developer Tea and co-found of Spec, the very podcast network that this show belongs to. When podcasters get together and talk. They talk... for hours. So this is part one of a two-parter. Today, we learn from Jonathan's transition from musical performer to developer. We discover how constrained systems like music primed him for life as a developer, and the ways in which all systems being infused with our ...

64: Chris Toomey on TypeScript, GraphQL, and Product Thinking

September 19, 2019 12:00 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MB

This week we sit down with Chris Toomey and address all the holy wars: Elm vs React, TypeScript vs JavaScript, product vs development, and even VS Code vs Vim. This is a pragmatic look at how type systems can improve the way you build and talk about product. In the right hands — these tools can make teamwork a dream. But in the wrong hands, well... Let's just listen close and make sure your hands are the right ones. Featuring Chris Toomey — Twitter, Website, GitHub Michael Chan — Twi...

63: Val Geisler on Communicating with Your Audience

September 12, 2019 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.6 MB

This week we diverge from our typical technical focus to talk about communication. Many of you are developing a product. Whether that be an open source library, course material on your favorite framework, or your skills a freelance developer — you are selling something. Selling requires more than great technical skills. It requires strong communication. Today we sit with Val Geisler — founder of Fix My Churn. We talk about communication thru email, Why it’s critical for building an...

62: Chris Biscardi on Gatsby Themes and Developing a Content Pipeline

September 05, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

This week we sit down with Chris Biscardi — open source developer and consultant. He's working with Gatsby on projects like gatsby-mdx and gatsby-themes. So we talk about what Gatsby Themes are, why they promise to bring a new wave of shareability to Gatsby sites, and what you need to know to start using them. We also talk about designing a workflow around sharing what you know and building an effective content pipeline. Featuring Chris Biscardi — Twitter, Website, GitHub Michael Chan ...

61: Phani Raju on the GitHub Package Registry

August 29, 2019 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB

This week we sit down with Phani Raju. He's a Staff Engineer at GitHub and lead on the GitHub Package Registry. He tells us what package registries are and why GitHub is uniquely suited to take them to the next step in security, trust, and user experience. This is an awesome chat if you'd like to learn more about where your packages may be coming from in the future. It's also a fantastic lens into the great engineering and design thinking that is alive and well at GitHub — and how the De...

60: James K Nelson on React with the Buzzwords

August 22, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

This week on React Podcast we sit down with James K Nelson. We discuss what makes React hard to learn and how he's addressing that with his teaching platform frontarm.com. We talk about learning React without the buzzwords, his new router — Navi — and how to make some React bacon. This is a great episode for those who have had trouble keeping up with React and want to discover and master the things have remained the same Featuring James K Nelson — Twitter, Website, GitHub Michael Chan —...

59: Jamison Dance on Soft Skills and React Rally

August 15, 2019 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB

This week we talk Jamison Dance about the parts of programming that are distinctly non-technical. We talk about the perfect TLD, working with a team, finding psychological safety, the organization of React Rally, and how to recycle batteries. Jamison is co-host of the podcast Soft Skills Engineering where he and Dave Smith answer non-technical questions for technical folks. It's a great show that I highly recommend. check it out at softskills.audio Featuring Jamison Dance — Twitter, We...

58: Eve Porcello on Learning GraphQL

August 08, 2019 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB

This week we talk with Eve Porcello about getting started with GraphQL. She is the co-author of Learning React and Learning GraphQL. She travels the world with husband Alex bank teaching JavaScript and telling jokes. We talk about comedy and code and how to engage audiences with a little bit of funny. This is a great episode if you want to add a little GraphQL to your stack or learn how to give a hilarious conference talks. Featuring Eve Porcello — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan...

57: Emma Wedekind on Mentorship and codingcoach.io

August 01, 2019 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

We sit down with venerable Emma Wedekind to talk mentorship. She tells us all about different types of mentorship you can find, At what phases in your career each type is most valuable, And how to get a "yes" from someone you'd like to mentor you. We also discuss her new mentoring platform codingcoach.io and how it's helping connect developers based on technology and field. Buckle in and get ready to get help. Featuring Emma Wedekind — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter...

57: Emma Bostian on Mentorship and codingcoach.io

August 01, 2019 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

We sit down with venerable Emma Bostian to talk mentorship. She tells us all about different types of mentorship you can find, At what phases in your career each type is most valuable, And how to get a "yes" from someone you'd like to mentor you. We also discuss her new mentoring platform codingcoach.io and how it's helping connect developers based on technology and field. Buckle in and get ready to get help. Featuring Emma Bostian — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter, Gith...

56: Paul Henschel on React Spring

July 25, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

This week, on React Podcast, We sit with Paul Henschel and talk animation. Paul is the creator of React-spring a library for animating UI based on spring physics. We talk about the library's origin, its future, and how to create lasting beauty on the web. Featuring Paul Henschel — Twitter, Github Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website Links paranoid android — a custom ROM aiming to extend the system, working on enhancing the already existing beauty of Android and following the same d...

55: Erik Rasmussen on Final Form

July 18, 2019 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

This week we sit with Erik Rasmussen to discuss forms in React. We talk about his library redux-form and it's evolution to final-form — a framework agnostic approach to making dynamic forms easy. Along the way the talk open source maintenance and monetization struggles. If you've wanted open source fame, this is a good one to listen to. Featuring Erik Rasmussen — Twitter, Github Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website Links Github Sponsors — Fund your work. Build what matters. Forms...

54: Get Access with Aaron Cannon

July 11, 2019 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB

This week, we talk accessibility pitfalls with Aaron Canon. Aaron is the co-founder and chief accessibility engineer at Accessible360 — where he uses his experience as a blind developer to improve real-world accessibility for all citizens of the web. He shares his first-hand experience on which practices work, which ones are bogus, where to focus our accessibility efforts, and which libraries provide the best starting point. I learned a ton. You will too. Featuring Aaron Cannon — Twitte...

53: Embrace the PHP with Next.js, Featuring Tim Neutkens

July 07, 2019 17:00 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Have you had the privilege of working in PHP? If you haven't let me tell you: You can have a dynamic website just by putting a single PHP file on a host, anywhere. It's magic For us React developers, everything is a lot more complicated. We want server-side rendering for Google crawl-ability, Hot Module Replacement for quick feedback in development, and code-splitting to get quick initial page loads for users. None of that is easy to implement. But there's hope. The team at Zeit wan...

52: Be Visible with Sophia Shoemaker

June 27, 2019 12:00 - 51 minutes - 47.9 MB

Navigating a career is tricky. This is double true for women in tech. Add a spouses career, traditional gender expectations, Single-parenting, Or illness to the mix And finding a satisfying career can feel impossible. Today, Sophia Shoemaker sits with us to discuss how she manages being a mom in tech, conference speaker, FullStack React editor, and deeply invested in her community. It's a different story than many of you are used to hearing on this show. A more complicated one. I'm...

51: Michel Westrate Wants You To Stop Writing State Reducers

June 20, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

How many times have you written a state reducer? 100 times? 100 times a month? Truth is, it's tricky for human brains to write performant state mutations in immutable terms. Maybe you're whip smart and you've got the theory on lock but the resulting "spread hell" is hard to read and edit long term. Michel Westrate wants you to stop writing state updates with immutable APIs like spread, concat, and slice and take a second look at mutable APIs like property assignment, forEach, and push. ...

50: Code and Trust with Saron Yitbarek

May 30, 2019 12:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB

Saron Yitbarek is the CEO and founder of CodeNewbie, the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. She's also the vibrant host of the CodeNewbie Podcast, Basecs Podcast, and Command Line Heroes (a Red Hat podcast). Chantastic Asks her about learning in public, interviewing the world’s greatest developers, the art of storytelling, and aggressive kindness that surround her #CodeNewbie twitter chats. They discuss podcasting, building a community you can trust, show...

49: Break In with Scott Tolinski

May 23, 2019 12:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

Scott Tolinski is creator of Level Up Totorials and co-host of Syntax — a tasty treats podcast for web developers. He joins us on React Podcast to talk about career, hobbies, and building a business. Chantastic asks him about break dancing, YouTube as a career development platform, weeding out hators, and making the jump to independent creator. They discuss podcasting, self-management, embracing ignorance, forcing confidence, determining content value, and importance of being kind to crea...

48: Open Source It with Jon Rohan

May 16, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MB

Jon Rohan is an Engineer on the Design Systems Team at Github, building tooling for Octicons and Primer — their React component library. Chantastic asks about his 6 year tenure at GitHub, the inspiration behind his primer.css slam poem, how their using CSS-in-JS and Lerna to structure their work, and his project Figma Actions for seamlessly building icons from Figma design files. They discuss design apps, Monorepos, GitHub Actions, CSS-in-JS, and why you should open source your systems. F...

47: Develop Your Career with Kent C Dodds

May 09, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MB

Kent C Dodds is a blogger, podcaster, open sorcerer, and community builder that recently made the leap to full-time, self-employed educator. Chantastic asks about the approach Kent took while developing his career PayPal, what he had to give up to stay focused, and what's changed now that he's independent. They discuss learning by teaching, the importance of being consistent, avoiding the permission trap, and what it means to "increase the impact of your value". Featuring Kent C. Dodds —...

46: Progress with Houssein Djirdeh, on Progressive Web Apps and the Story of Building GitPoint with React Native

May 02, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB

Houssein Djirdeh works with the Developer Relations team at Google, educating React developers on web application performance. He created the world best iPhone and Android app for Github — GitPoint. Chantastic asks about his experience creating GitPoint (a fully featured GitHub client, built in React Native), what performance vernacular like tti, fcp, and Web Workers mean, and common performance pitfalls and misunderstandings found in React apps. They discuss the importance of limiting sc...

45: Version Responsibly with Michael Jackson

April 25, 2019 12:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MB

Versioning. How do we do it? It's a lot more complicated than "just use semver!" This week Michael Jackson joins us again to discuss the pains of versioning, how to avoid them, and why it all comes down to communication. Chantastic asks about upcoming how React Router v5 will take advantage of new features like Hooks and what versioning strategy they intend to employ with for legacy React Router users. They fumble clumsily around what the various characters in a package.json file mean, di...

44: Create Value for Others with Nader Dabit. On podcasting, speaking, mobile devrel at AWS Amplify, AppSync for simple GraphQL servers, and his new book React Native in Action.

April 18, 2019 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB

Nader Dabit is the author on React Native in Action, Host of React Native Radio, Educator, Speaker, and doing developer relations for AWS Cloud. Chantastic asks about Amplify and AppSync, where they fit into AWS offerings, why they make authentication and GraphQL server setup a breeze, and how we can start using them. They discuss the opportunity and difficulty in podcast, the challenges of author a book, and travel the world speaking and educating. Featuring Nader Dabit — Twitter, Githu...

43: Dive In with Jamon Holmgren. On Career, Consultancy, Conference Organization, Open Source, and Courageous Entrepreneurship

April 11, 2019 12:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Jamon Holmgren is CTO and cofounder of Infinite Red, a consultancy that specializes in React Native. Chantastic asks about Jamon's start in programming and entrepreneurship, why consultancies have an edge in Open Source, and how the Chain React conference plays into their business strategy. They discuss the team benefits of TypeScript, humble PHP beginnings, and the big differences between consultancy and product. Featuring Jamon Holmgren — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitte...

42: Build Dumb Shit with Sara Vieira. On being you, "change the world" bullshit, succeeding against mental illness, and teaching what you know.

April 04, 2019 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MB

Sara is a developer on the beloved CodeSandbox app. She's worked for years as a developer advocate, giving brilliant talks across the world, and building some of the wildest sites on the web. Chantastic asks her about succeeding against mental illness, how she achieved meme status, why we should "build dumb shit", and what the heck a developer advocate does. They discuss corporate "change the world" bullshit, casual racism, why you should teach what you know, and the shockingly unglamorou...

41: Be Super with TypeScript and Jared Palmer. On the when, where, what, why, and how much of TypeScript in React.

March 28, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Typescript. What is it? How does it help you write better code? Will it help you sleep better at night? Jared is a lead engineer at The Palmer Group, a strategy, design, and engineering firm. There he uses TypeScript every day to keep code sturdy and maintainable. Chantastic asks Jared what we need to know to get a little TypeScript into our apps. They discuss the joys and pains of Typescript in 2019 and how it compares to languages like Reason, Ocaml, Fable, and Elm. Featuring Jared P...

40: Lift as you Climb with Cassidy Williams. On React, Redux, and GraphQL at CodePen, teaching, @smkmeetup, following your dreams (literally), and building your dream network.

March 21, 2019 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB

Cassidy Williams is a Senior Software Engineer CodePen in Seattle — using React, Redux, GraphQL, and Apollo Client to build the frontend of CodePen and CodePen Projects. Chantastic asks about building a startup on a plane, maximizing side hustle effort, the importance of networking, and what it's like to meet your heroes. They discuss tips for getting great advice from smart people, building passive income, finding safe workplaces, and what it looks like to lift as you climb. Featuring ...

39: Take Your Time with Kyle Shevlin. On healing from burnout, interviewing as a senior dev, building your brand, knowing your worth, and overcoming the desire for more.

March 14, 2019 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MB

Kyle is a JavaScript engineer at webflow, speaker, educator, and Twitch streamer. Chantastic asks Kyle about his experience healing from burnout, identifying his value, interviewing as a senior developer, and evaluating team fit. They discuss the importance of networking, brand building, managing your energy, fighting the desire for more, and weaving it all together. Featuring Kyle Shevlin — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website Links secondCareerDevs — Road...

38: Learn to Learn with Kyle Shevlin. Building a great career, finding your tribe, learning how to learn, and shipping your side projects.

March 07, 2019 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MB

Kyle is a JavaScript engineer at webflow, speaker, educator, and Twitch streamer. Chantastic asks Kyle about his experience breaking into web development, how he navigated the early portion of his career, and the inspiration behind his show secondCareerDevs. They discuss the importance of finding your community, learning how to learn, and how to make progress on your side projects by live streaming your work. Featuring Kyle Shevlin — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter, Gith...

37: Decide with Your Human Brain, with Brian Vaughn. On the new React profiler, windowing, and intelligent performance tuning.

February 28, 2019 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MB

Brian Vaughn is a member of the React Core team and creator of libraries like react-virtualized and react-window. He's a wealth of knowledge in React performance and application profiling. Chantastic asks Brian about the new profiler tools he's been working on (available to React v16.5 apps), React Core team dynamics, and the future of windowing in React and browsers. They discuss a handful of practical performance tips, Concurrent rendering in React, React.memo and the useMemo Hook, and h...

36: Be Wrong with Shawn Swyx Wang. On what's new in React, how best to learn, and what's going on in r/reactjs

February 21, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB

Sean Swyx Wang moderates and organizes r/reactjs on Reddit. He also works on developer experience at Netlify. Sean is a voracious learner and loves to share what he's learning and believes that everyone — regardless of experience — should "learn in public". Chantastic asks him about what's new in React and how r/reactjs is helping developers learn React, get connected in the community, and find jobs. They discuss strategies for being a lifelong learner, how to get started in React, the g...

35: Make the Web Look Great with Matt Perry. On declarative animation, open source management, and importance of the open web

January 17, 2019 00:48 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

Matt Perry is the developer behind PopMotion, a declarative animation library for the web. Chantastic asks his inspiration for PopMotion, the difficulties of maintaining a low-level open source library, what he things declarative APIs might look like in the future. They’re discussion goes all over the place. You kinda just have to listen… Featuring Matt Perry — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website Links Popmotion — Simple libraries for delightful interfaces ...

34: Just Use a Button with Jen Luker

January 09, 2019 18:57 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

Jen Luker is a lead software engineer at Formidable Labs, keynote speaker, host of @BookBytesFM, and expert knitter. Chantastic asks her about the Fiber Arts Corner at React Conf, the history that textiles and programming share, and how we can make our apps more accessible. Featuring Jen Luker — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website Links Fiber Arts Circle on Periscope Jacquard loom on Wikipedia 99% Invisible Podcast Kids: Articles of Interest #1 — discussi...

33: Transcendence and the Future of React with Laurie Voss

December 19, 2018 09:41 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MB

Laurie Voss is the Co-founder/COO of npm. He’s traveling the world and telling developers about npm and the future of JavaScript. Chantastic asks about his bold predictions for 2019, what the future brings for React, and how React could beat web components. They talk about fresh npm commands and security features, why teams are picking Vue or Ember, some sad truths about maintaining a diverse company, and the lgbtq.technology slack. Featuring Laurie Voss — Twitter, Github, Website Michael...

32: Steal the Platform with Vincent Riemer

December 12, 2018 06:51 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MB

Vincent Riemer is the creator of io808.com and react-native-dom. He loves working on projects that challenge assumptions and inspire play. Chantastic asks him about his shoes, the inspiration behind and execution of io808.com and his mad scientist adventures with react-native-dom. They discuss the importance of exploration, the worthlessness of linters, and how to steal the platform. Featuring Vincent Riemer — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website Links Roland...

31: Hooks are Mixins with Ryan Florence

December 04, 2018 08:35 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

Ryan Florence is the co-creator of React Router and creator of accessibility-first React libraries Reach Router and Reach UI. Chantastic sits with him to talk about Hooks on the night before they're announced. They talk about React's API growth, if Suspense has taken React to framework-land, what caches and resources mean for developers, and the rebirth of mixins as Hooks. Featuring Ryan Florence — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website Help Gabe Get Healthy Ga...

30: Develop in the Cloud with Christina Holland

November 28, 2018 09:14 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB

React Holiday Season two starts December 1st. Signup here! Christina is a developer at Google and speaker at React Conf 2018. Chantastic asks her about her cloud development process. They talk about changing careers, building brains, cheating imposter syndrome, speaking at conferences, and all the services you'll need to create your next app with with less software and fewer servers. Featuring Christina Holland — Twitter, Github, Writing Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website Links ...

29: Don't Rewrite Your App for Hooks and Suspense with Jared Palmer

November 20, 2018 07:20 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

Jared Palmer is a passionate JavaScript developer, pushing developer ergonomics in React with projects like formik and react-fns. Chantastic asks about what Suspense and Hooks mean for existing apps and what we should know to migrate our code sanely. They discuss why doing away with render props is a good thing, why Hooks are up to the task, and how Hooks and Suspense will impact libraries like formik, react-fns, and the-platform. Featuring Jared Palmer — Twitter, Github, Consultancy, Webs...

28: Be Healthy and Love Gatsby with Jason Lengstorf

November 14, 2018 21:48 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

Jason Lengstorf is a developer advocate at Gatsby and productivity speaker/author. Chantastic asks about what the Gatsby team is up to, why Gatsby makes sense, and how their team is growing a vibrant JavaScript community. They talk about GraphQL, why there’s no site that couldn’t be static assets, connecting Gatsby to your existing API, and productivity tips for staying fresh and capable at work. Featuring Jason Lengstorf — Twitter, Github, Website Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website ...

27: React Today and Tomorrow with the React Core Team

October 31, 2018 11:18 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

The React core team sits down with Michael Jackson to discuss React today and tomorrow. They talk Concurrent Mode, Suspense, Hooks, the new profiler tab, scheduling in the browser, React Fire, React Fusion, becoming more framework-y, appearing less JavaScript-y, and why you shouldn’t worry about the second argument of useEffect. Featuring Sebastian Markbåge — Twitter, Github, Medium Sophie Alpert — Twitter, Github, Website Dan Abramov — Twitter, Github, Medium Andrew Clark — Twitter, Gi...

Guests

Jared Palmer
3 Episodes
Andrew Clark
2 Episodes
Kyle Shevlin
2 Episodes
Sara Vieira
2 Episodes
Dan Abramov
1 Episode
Henry Zhu
1 Episode
Kent C. Dodds
1 Episode
Marcy Sutton
1 Episode
Saron Yitbarek
1 Episode
Sophie Alpert
1 Episode

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