Wes and Scott talk through server components, the difference between server components and client components, reasons to run something server side, how server components work, using forms and buttons, what they like and don’t like about it, and tips to learn more.

Show Notes

• 00:10 Welcome
• 00:52 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
• 01:39 New Heights with Scott and Wes
• 04:33 What are React Server Components?
• 10:52 The difference between server components and client components
• Tweet: "React Server + Client Components Visualized There is a bit of a learning curve to learn new patterns, but the ease of going between client and server will be worth it.

11:37 Why would you want to run something server side?

15:22 Components are server rendered by default

16:40 What is JS sprinkles?

17:29 How do server components work?

18:51 Moving an existing site to React server components take a while

20:27 The rules

27:12 Form Actions + Server Actions

32:07 Buttons can have actions

36:32 React Suspense

39:13 What we like

Ryan Florence thread

41:54 What we don’t like

47:13 Design patterns

47:35 Other things

RSC Devtools

Introducing Waku

Mux

49:22 Sick Picks

Sick Picks

• Scott: ASUS ZenDrive V1M External DVD Drive

Wes: Leatherman Arc

Shameless Plugs

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Wes: Wes Bos Courses

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