JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

The inside story on React’s all new docs

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Rachel Nabors –beloved educator, animator, & documentation engineer at Meta– joins Amal and Amelia for a first look at the brand new React docs!

This massive overhaul to the React website (which supports 2 million+ developers around the world) was no easy feat! We dive into all the behind the scenes coordination, as well as the goals, wins, and intended outcomes of this new way of approaching educational content and API reference material for open source projects.

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    • Featuring:

    • Rachel Nabors – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
    • Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
    • Amelia Wattenberger – Website, GitHub, X

    Show Notes:

    • New React Beta Docs Site
    • Code Sandbox API
    • Overreacted - Dan Abramov’s Blog
    • GitHub discussion and feedback for new blog
    • What’s the difference between a rounded square and a squircle?
    • ReactiFlux Discord Community
    • Mark Erikson aka Aceamake - Beloved React community educator

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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