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TMiR 2024-05: Updates from React Conf

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Quick hits

  • 9600 laid off from 36 companies
  • New releases
    • Docusaurus 3.3
    • Mantine 7.9.0
    • Astro 4.8
    • Redwood 7.5
  • Upcoming conferences
    • Render ATL June 12-14, 2024. Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Future Frontend June 13-14, 2024. Helsinki, Finland
    • React Norway June 14, 2024. Larvik, Norway
    • React Summit June 14 + 18, 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands (+remote)
    • React Nexus July 4-5, 2024. Bangalore, India
    • Chain React 2024 July 17-19, 2024. In person in Portland, OR, USA
    • The Geek Conf July 25, 2024. Berlin, Germany

Main Content

  • React Conf recap
    • Livestream recording (165k views 🤯)
    • Seth Webster's mentioned thread
    • React 19 RC
    • Talks:
      • What’s new in React 19 by Lydia Hallie
      • React Unpacked: A Roadmap to React 19 by Sam Selikoff
      • React Server Components Demo by Expo Team
      • React for Two Computers by Dan Abramov
      • React Q&A hosted by Michael Chan
      • React Native Q&A hosted by Jamon Holmgren
    • React Compiler
      • Compiler playground
      • Lauren Tan’s walkthrough of using the compiler and seeing the output, and Sathya + Mofei’s deep dive into how the compiler works
      • Jack Herrington’s compiler walkthrough
      • Recommended for library authors to ship compiled artifacts
      • A talk from Lauren Tan in 2016 that’s spiritually related to React Compiler
    • Merging Remix and React Router
  • Effect
    • Great 10 min intro
    • Production-Grade Typescript talk at an event they hosted
  • The Forensics Of React Server Components
  • Next 15 RC (tweet)
    • Unrelated: Vercel raised $250m
    • It’s not just you, Next.js is getting harder to use
  • React Native:
    • “New Architecture” is now in beta
    • “useFrameworks” - Meta announcing that you should use Expo by default.
    • React Native Skia updates
    • React Native IDE:
    • Amazon doing a keynote talk on using React Native for TV and other devices.

⚡Lightning round ⚡

  • Speculation Rules API in Chrome
  • Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue
  • BlueSky Engineering Culture, from The Pragmatic Engineer
  • Why Patching Globals is Harmful
  • Webkit features in Safari 17.5
  • Why React Query? (and upcoming React Query course)
  • We can have a different web
  • Athena Crisis is now open source
  • Security Risks of Postman
  • Angular v18 is now available!
  • (00:00) - TMiR 2024-05
  • (01:33) - Layoffs news
  • (02:02) - New Releases
  • (02:07) - Docusaurus 3.3
  • (02:17) - Mantine 7.9.0
  • (02:30) - Astro 4.8
  • (03:18) - Redwood 7.5
  • (03:26) - Upcoming conferences
  • (03:32) - Render Atlanta
  • (03:53) - Future Frontend
  • (04:49) - React Norway
  • (05:01) - React Summit
  • (05:15) - React Nexus
  • (05:43) - Chain React
  • (06:12) - The Geek Conf
  • (06:53) - React Conf Recap
  • (08:21) - React 19 RC
  • (09:44) - Server Components on Expo
  • (12:12) - React for Two Computers
  • (15:46) - Q&As with React and React Native Core team
  • (16:33) - React Compiler
  • (23:39) - Remix is merging (back?) into React Router
  • (28:08) - Effect JS
  • (34:23) - Forensics of React Server Components
  • (35:39) - Next.js v15 RC
  • (37:05) - It's not just you, Next.js is getting harder to use
  • (39:21) - React Native New Architecture beta
  • (40:25) - Expo is now the recommended framework
  • (41:17) - React Native Skia on WebGPU
  • (43:39) - React Native IDE
  • (45:03) - React Native on TVs
  • (48:04) - ⚡️ Lightning round ⚡️
  • (48:07) - Speculation Rules API in Chrome
  • (48:33) - Josh Comeau's post on useDeferredValue
  • (49:24) - BlueSky engineering culture
  • (50:16) - Why Patching Globals is Harmful
  • (50:54) - New Webkit features in Safari 17.5
  • (53:56) - Why React Query
  • (54:45) - We can have a different web
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