Frontend First

Sam Selikoff, Ryan Toronto
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Frontend First Podcast

A podcast about modern UI development on the web. Hosted by Sam Selikoff and Ryan Toronto.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    Render props

    Sam and Ryan talk about render props in React. They discuss where they came from, how Hooks superseded them for sharing stateful logic, how data attributes compare to them for customizing styling, and how for certain complex components like forms they're still a great solution for accessing slices of internal state.

    35 min

  2. AUG 28

    Controlled and uncontrolled components

    Sam and Ryan discuss controlled and uncontrolled components in React. They talk about how uncontrolled components can be thought of as components that manage their own internal state, why you should model your complex React components after the simpler APIs of native HTML elements like inputs, why you shouldn't try to make components that are both controlled and uncontrolled, and why making a new component boundary is sometimes all you need to make your custom components behave more predictably.

    47 min

  3. AUG 15

    Unstyled React components

    Sam and Ryan talk about the pattern of building unstyled components with React. They discuss why unstyled components were created, how they improve upon composition patterns from UI libraries like Bootstrap, how they can be used to share behavior and logic without prescribing any styling opinions, and how they fit into a larger collection of React patterns that can be used to build more powerful components that avoid premature abstractions.

    34 min

  4. AUG 1

    What is a framework?

    Sam and Ryan talk about what sorts of capabilities a tool should have to be considered a web framework. They discuss how frameworks tackle the complexity of getting different systems to communicate with each other, how good frameworks embrace the strengths and patterns of the language they're written in, and why frameworks and services are not in opposition to each other.

    1h 3m

  5. JUL 25

    Crossover: Declaring War Against the Frontend

    Sam joins Lane Wagner in a crossover episode with the Backend Banter podcast. They talk about abstractions in frontend and backend frameworks, what JavaScript is doing differently from other languages and frameworks, why the frontend should drive the backend even if you're building in a server-side framework, and what's so special about React Server Components.

    59 min

  6. JUL 18

    Blog Post Club: Queueing - An interactive study of queueing strategies

    Sam and Ryan read and discuss a fantastic interactive blog post about queueing in HTTP written by Sam Rose.

    46 min

  7. JUL 11

    SPAs in React 19

    Sam and Ryan discuss the new features in React 19 that will specifically benefit developers building single-page applications. They talk about how Suspense and Transitions let developers "teach" React about when their apps are in a loading or a pending state, how Client Actions improve upon using events in React 18 to handle data mutations, and how Actions enable React Components to automatically render and discard optimistic updates without any knowledge of the application's data layer. They also discuss several new Hooks like useOptimistic, useFormStatus, useActionState, and useOptimistic.

    60 min

  8. JUL 3

    High floor, high ceiling

    Sam tells Ryan about a recent talk he gave at BigSkyDevCon. They chat about how backend frameworks are raising the ceiling of what UIs they’re capable of delivering, how frontend frameworks are raising the floor of what backend features they come bundled with, and what each community can learn from the other.

    59 min
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About

A podcast about modern UI development on the web. Hosted by Sam Selikoff and Ryan Toronto.

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  • Creator
    Sam Selikoff, Ryan Toronto
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    195
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2017-2020 Frontend First
  • Show Website
    Frontend First

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