
RRU 011: Simple React Patterns with Lucas Reis
In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses simple React patterns with Lucas Reis. Lucas works as a senior front-end developer at Zocdoc and previously worked in Brazil for an ecommerce company called B2W. He recently wrote a blog post about simple React patterns that really took off and became popular on the web. They talk about this blog post, what defines a successful pattern, and then they discuss the different patterns that he has discovered in his years of React programming.
Special Guests:
Lucas Reis

Show Notes
Panel:
- Charles Max Wood
- Cory House
Special Guests: Lucas Reis
In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses simple React patterns with Lucas Reis. Lucas works as a senior front-end developer at Zocdoc and previously worked in Brazil for an ecommerce company called B2W. He recently wrote a blog post about simple React patterns that really took off and became popular on the web. They talk about this blog post, what defines a successful pattern, and then they discuss the different patterns that he has discovered in his years of React programming.
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
- Lucas intro
- Tries to write blog posts as much as possible
- Simple React Patterns blog post
- React
- What does he mean by “successful” patterns?
- Three things that define good patterns
- Define successful?
- The mix component
- The Container/Branch/View pattern
- First successful pattern he has found
- Separation of concerns
- Common concern: are we worried about mixing concerns?
- If/else
- Can you encapsulate in the view?
- Pattern matching
- React loadable
- You need to think of 3 states at least
- Higher-order component
- Render props
- And much, much more!
Links:
- Zocdoc
- B2W
- Simple React Patterns blog post
- React
- Simple Made Easy by Rich Hickey
- Lucas’s GitHub
- Lucas’s Blog
- @iamlucasreis
Picks:
Charles
Cory
Lucas
- Percy
- Be studying the languages and be inspired!
Special Guest: Lucas Reis.

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