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RRU 060: Linked lists in the Wild: React Hooks with Conlin Durbin
May 07, 2019
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Conlin Durbin is a front end software engineer for a company called Lessonly and occasionally writes about React. Thomas Aylott is a web guy from the 90’s who was briefly on the React team, and he makes thingsthatdostuff.com and groovytiesquad.com. The panel discusses Conlin’s article Link Lists in the Wild: React Hooks. They begin by talking about the relationship between linked lists and React hooks. Linked lists are used under the hood to render hooks every time that they’re created and maintain integrity of the hook chain.
RRU 059: React Native's New Architecture with Parashuram
Apr 30, 2019
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Parashuram (aka Ram) and the panel compares various frameworks including the differences between React Native and NativeScript. Ram discusses what it’s like introducing react native to mobile teams which leads to a panel discussion of web app developer experience compared to mobile app developers. Ram shares the changes that are being made to React Native and what this means for its developers. Some of the things to look forward to are a leaner and more browser-like React Native. The episode ends with Ram sharing a little of his story.
RRU 058: React.js and WebAssembly to Rewrite Native Apps with Florian Rival
Apr 23, 2019
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RRU 057: Playing with Polyhedra with Nat Alison
Apr 16, 2019
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Nat Alison shares with the panel her work in translating Reactjs. Lucas Reis thanks her for her work in this very important project. Nat updates the panel on how the translation is going and discusses some of the specifics of updating, changing language direction and how it all got started. The panel moves on to discussing Nat’s work with her Polyhedra application. Nat discloses what she learned while creating this app, how she tested the app and why she used the react framework for this project. The panel discusses suspense features and what they could do for this app. Nat ends the episode by sharing her inspiration for this app.
RRU 056: React Conf 2018 with Adam Laycock
Apr 09, 2019
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Adam Laycock describes his experience at React conf 2018, the atmosphere, the people and the talks. The panel shares how the approach conferences, taking notes, getting to know people, accessing information and getting out of their comfort zone. Adam shares some of the major topics covered at including, hooks, suspense, and concurrent rendering. The panel considers these topics and React conferences they look forward to attending. The episode ends with the panel comparing Angular and React, conferences, upgrades, and routers for React.
RRU 055: Building Static Sites with Gatsby with Ajay NS
Apr 02, 2019
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In this episode of React Round Up, the panel talks with Ajay NS, a Computer Engineering student at National Institute of Technology Surat who is passionate about frontend development and design. Ajay talks about his article Why you should use GatsbyJS to build static sites on Medium and why he felt the need to write it.
RRU 054: GraphQL and React – Even Better together with Chris Toomey
Mar 26, 2019
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In this episode of React Round Up, Chris Toomey introduces himself, talks about his work and his podcast and moves on to explaining the differences between a React vs GraphQL centric application. Justin explains in detail how the Relay framework works, and Chris describes the scenarios where GraphQL stands out in the process of building an application and also throws some light on the benefits of choosing it over other APIs such as REST.
RRU 053: Framer X and Web Development of the Past with Thomas Aylott
Mar 19, 2019
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In this episode of React Round Up, Thomas Aylott, Founder at Things That Do Stuff, gives an overview of Framer X, explains what it is used for and how it can be beneficial for web designers. The panelists then discuss the timeline and usage of different design and developer tools along with their compatibility with various platforms. Thomas shares his front-end development experiences from 2005, the kind of technologies he learnt and how, with interesting and fun anecdotes, and also talks about about his time at Facebook.
RRU 052: React Suspense with Jared Palmer
Mar 12, 2019
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In this episode of React Round Up, Jared Palmer, Lead Engineer at Palmer Group, gives the listeners an overview of React Suspense, how it helps to resolve conflicts with resource scheduling and how it differs from current practices. He mentions that it is developed completely by the React team and talks about some of its applications, especially in handling images. He explains how React Suspense will reduce code size for loading states, the mechanism of parallel execution and how complexity in logic can be simplified with it. Jared also mentions some modules where Suspense can already be integrated with and advises on where it is not recommended to be used yet. The panelists then discuss server-side rendering with Suspense and their approach in technology adoption, which is incremental. Finally they talk about Redux and move on to picks.
RRU 051: FaunaDB & JAMStack with Chris Anderson
Mar 05, 2019
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In this episode of React Round Up, Justin Bennett speaks with co-founder of Couchbase, Chris Anderson. Chris has been working with NoSQL databases for approximately a decade, and is currently working on FaunaDB, doing development outreach, while writing codes to connect with the different eco systems: Serverless, JAMStacks and React Native. He is also a blogger on a platform he calls ‘Serverless’ and enjoys decoding web applications and converting them to mobile.
RRU 050: Celebrating the 50th Episode of React Round Up!
Feb 26, 2019
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In this 50th episode of React Round Up, the panelists start with talking briefly about themselves, their work, as well as their side projects. Lucas Reis is a Senior Frontend Engineer at Zocdoc, and is working on the Zocdoc website, specifically on performance and SEO. He is also involved in sharing frontend knowledge throughout the company. Justin Bennett is a Senior Engineer at Artsy and focuses on web performance along with several open source projects. He is also interested in release processes and continuous integration. Nader Dabit is with Amazon Web Services as a Developer Advocate, working on GraphQL, React to React Native, Vue and is involved in community work too. Charles Max Wood is mainly focused on making this podcast better that includes things like getting sponsors, dealing with business issues, releasing the episodes on time, etc. He talks about his mission to help people find fulfillment from coding and enabling them to achieve their ideal lifestyle.
RRU 049: Azure Devops with Donovan Brown LIVE at Microsoft Ignite
Feb 19, 2019
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In this episode, the Charles speaks with Donovan Brown. He is a principal DevOps Manager with Microsoft with a background in application development. He also runs one of the nation’s fastest growing online registration sites for motorsports events DLBRACING.com. When he is not writing software, he races cars for fun. Listen to today’s episode where Chuck and Donovan talk about DevOps, Azure, Python, Angular, React, Vue, and much, much more!
RRU 048: Using and Teaching React with Kay Plößer
Feb 12, 2019
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In this episode of React Round Up, the panel talks with Kay Plößer, describing their experiences learning React. Kay is a software developer from Stuttgart, Germany and the author of the book React from Zero. They discuss the best approach to learning React from scratch. Kay describes the process of writing and producing his book 'React from Zero'.
RRU 047: Expo with Charlie Cheever
Feb 05, 2019
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This episode of React Round Up has the panelists talking to Charlie Cheever, a former Facebook employee, who currently works on Expo. The panel discusses Charlies article called “Should we be using React Native?”, Airbnb sunsetting their React Native app, and the nature of the Expo app. Charlie describes Expo as the easiest way to do React Native using just JavaScript, and making it as easy and powerful as possible. Expo works kind of like a web browser for JavaScript, and is available on iOS, Android, and and Google app stores. Expo CLI has replaced Create React Native CLI because Expo is more user friendly. Many features are already included in Expo, including OTA updates, dealing with fonts, video player, Facebook ad and Google ads, barcode scanner, Native maps, and much more. To get started on your computer, go to snack.expo.io or download the Expo app on your phone.
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