The React Show

Have you ever gotten burned out? Or do you want to learn how to prevent it from happening in the first place? In this two part series, Brian Wetzel, former CTO of Softgiving, discusses his own experi…

Have you ever gotten burned out? Or do you want to learn how to prevent it from happening in the first place? In this two part series, Brian Wetzel, former CTO of Softgiving, discusses his own experi…

In any application, not just Javascript based ones, user input is one of the foundational pieces for user interaction with the application, the server, and with others across the web. In order to cap…

Upcoming in a React release is React Server Components. No, they aren’t just Server-Side Rendering. In fact, they are quite different and quite powerful in their own way. In this episode we learn abo…

In this episode we learn about the primary data structure underlying the React rendering process: React Fibers. With this knowledge we take a look at some of React’s design and how fibers impact deve…

Stop getting midnight calls because you broke the site on the last deploy: use Cypress for front-end testing! In this episode we talk about how we use the free, open-source testing framework Cypress …

Join Chris Keen, of Keen Concepts, in learning about being and becoming a React contractor and how to succeed long term.

Chris Keen has been a highly successful React consultant for over 7 years, a we…

A great way to improve the UX of most React applications is to include a query caching layer. In this episode we talk about why it can be be so important and some techniques to implement it well.

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As React Developers, we’ve definitely got the front-end under control, but what about the back-end? One of the core components of a successful application is your Database. What is a Database? How do…

A lot of us end up wasting a lot of time doing repetitive tasks. But we also worry that learning a new scripting language or keyboard shortcuts will be more work than it’s worth. In this episode we d…

We’re always working with components, but do we know when they mount or unmount or even what that actually means? Do we know how effects play into the lifecycle of a component? On this episode, we’re…

You probably know that software licenses exist, but do you know what implications they can have on your business or project? Did you know not paying attention to them can be extremely costly? In this…

Want to get a job as a React developer? What’s the best way to go about it? In this episode we discuss different paths to becoming a React developer and which one might be the best for you.

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Hot takes on React, async programming, and other topics in this special episode of the React Show where we join the hosts, Austin & Thomas, on a QA session.

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Refactoring can be dangerous, to your program and to your health. In this episode we discuss techniques to enable safe and healthy refactoring methods.

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Have you ever wondered why your app is slow sometimes? Or why a specific action takes so long to fully run? Or maybe why it takes so long for your initial render? The React Profiler is a great tool f…

Hosting can get overwhelming fast, because it isn’t just hosting anymore. You want something that is simple, fast, scalable, and reliable but you also want to spend your time coding and not fiddling …

Usually we are focused on adding new features, fixing bugs, and meeting deadlines, but what if the software we are building was also killing the planet? In this episode we’re going to take a look at …

Do you find React Router cumbersome or tedious to work with sometimes? Or are you just curious how routing could be done better? In this episode we take a look at how routing is done in NextJS. We di…

It can be tempting to take the lazy approach to debugging and just start trying things, but I believe there is a much better way. In this episode we take a look at a method that works well for ensuri…