This Month in React Reactiflux, with Mark Erikson and Carl Vitullo

Quick hits9600 laid off from 36 companiesNew releasesDocusaurus 3.3Mantine 7.9.0Astro 4.8Redwood 7.5Upcoming conferencesRender ATL June 12-14, 2024. Atlanta, GA, USAFuture Frontend June 13-14, 2024. Helsinki, FinlandReact Norway June 14, 2024. Larvik, NorwayReact Summit June 14 + 18, 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands (+remote)React Nexus July 4-5, 2024. Bangalore, IndiaChain React 2024 July 17-19, 2024. In person in Portland, OR, USAThe Geek Conf July 25, 2024. Berlin, GermanyMain ContentReact Conf recapLivestream recording (165k views 🤯)Seth Webster's mentioned threadReact 19 RCTalks:What’s new in React 19 by Lydia HallieReact Unpacked: A Roadmap to React 19 by Sam SelikoffReact Server Components Demo by Expo TeamReact for Two Computers by Dan AbramovReact Q&A hosted by Michael ChanReact Native Q&A hosted by Jamon HolmgrenReact CompilerCompiler playgroundLauren Tan’s walkthrough of using the compiler and seeing the output, and Sathya + Mofei’s deep dive into how the compiler worksJack Herrington’s compiler walkthroughRecommended for library authors to ship compiled artifactsA talk from Lauren Tan in 2016 that’s spiritually related to React CompilerMerging Remix and React RouterEffectGreat 10 min introProduction-Grade Typescript talk at an event they hostedThe Forensics Of React Server ComponentsNext 15 RC (tweet)Unrelated: Vercel raised $250mIt’s not just you, Next.js is getting harder to useReact Native:“New Architecture” is now in beta“useFrameworks” - Meta announcing that you should use Expo by default.React Native Skia updatesReact Native IDE:Amazon doing a keynote talk on using React Native for TV and other devices.⚡Lightning round ⚡Speculation Rules API in ChromeSnappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValueBlueSky Engineering Culture, from The Pragmatic EngineerWhy Patching Globals is HarmfulWebkit features in Safari 17.5Why React Query? (and upcoming React Query course)We can have a different webAthena Crisis is now open sourceSecurity Risks of PostmanAngular v18 is now available!

New releasesReact 18.3React 19 betaNode.js v22Expo SDK 51 betaReact Native 0.74.0 React DevTools 5.1Next v14.2Bun v1.1 (discussion later)Pnpm v9Biome 1.7 Supabase goes GA after 4 years in betaDocusaurus 3.2Gulp v5Pragmatic Drag and DropRedwoodJS 7.3React on Rails v14Upcoming conferencesReact Conf 2024 May 15 - 16, 2024. In-person in Henderson, NV, USAApp.js Conf 2024 May 22 - 24, 2024. In-person in Kraków, PolandLocal First Conf 2024 May 30, 2024. In person in Berlin, Germany. Followup hackathon on the 31stRender ATL June 12-14, 2024. Atlanta, GA, USAFuture Frontend June 13-14, 2024. Helsinki, FinlandReact Norway June 14, 2024. Larvik, NorwayReact Summit June 14 + 18, 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands (+remote)Main Content
New React developmentReact Blog - React 19 BetaReact Blog - React 19 Beta Upgrade GuideReact 18.3 changelogInternal changes:Rename SECRET INTERNALS to __CLIENT_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_WARN_USERS_THEY_CANNOT_UPGRADEFast JSX: Don't clone props objectRemove defaultProps support (except for classes)Ship optimized-but-unminified prod bundles and drop sourcemapsDon’t patch fetch anymoreFuture: patching Date object?React Native 0.74.0 releaseReact Native Navigation v7VisionCamera v4.0KotekanJSRFirst Impressions, Second LookFirst Things I Learned about JSRBun v1.1⚡️ Lightning round ⚡️
⚡️ Why I like React (Even in 2024) ⚡️️⚡️ Netlify: Introducing the new Next.js Runtime ⚡️️⚡️ Design Principles behind the Next.js App Router ⚡️️⚡️ Diving into the Node.js Website Redesign ⚡️️⚡️ How does useOptimistic work internally? (and many other code dives) ⚡️️⚡️ Node.js: The Documentary ⚡️️⚡️ New Flow Language Features for React ⚡️️⚡️ Vercel cuts prices a lil ⚡️️⚡️ Redwood Blog: Techniques for Fetching Data: Comparing Next, Remix, and Redwood ⚡️️⚡️ Kuto, “reverse JS bundler” ⚡️️

Layoffs.fyiNew releasesReact Native 0.74.0? SoonNew Architecture docs pageTS 5.4“This is how most dependency injection in React apps should be done” says Sebastian MarkbågeUpcoming in 5.5: automatic predicate inference from filter functions, and smaller install sizeRemix 2.8Mantine v7.7.0Rsbuild 0.5Gleam version 1ShadCN March 2024 updateAstro 4.5Astro DB, Astro DB Deep DiveReact 19 and React CompilerFeature flags PR - “Canary now represents React 19”React 19 won’t include CompilerReact Compiler & React 19 - forget about memoization soon?“Compiler Theory and Reactivity” and “Type System”Its-finesebmck and drcmda GitHub exchange"react-strict-dom", why it's so great?RSCsConceptual Model of React and RSC Ondrej VelisekWhy React Server Components Are Breaking Builds to Win Tomorrow Vishwas GopinathWaku has released a “pages router”Lee Robinson’s List of projects experimenting with RSCs , including Redwood (which just released an RSC beta)Embracing the Future and Moving Back Again: From Server Actions to tRPCWebkit features in Safari 17.4Mental Health in Open SourceAngular codebase is being merged with WizAnnounced at NGConf 2024Designing Very Large Javascript ApplicationsMalte Ube discussed in 2018⚡Lightning round ⚡Interaction to Next Paint (INP) is a Core Web VitalWhat is INP and why you should careRsbuild 1.0 release planReact Router and Remix to be merged?Declarative Shadow DOM available in all major browsersReact Native community mapNode.js 2023 Year in An ArticleOpen-sourcing our progress on Tailwind CSS v4.0Vercel adds support for Remix+ViteNavigating the future of frontend

Quick hitsLayoffs.fyi, Trueup.io job trendsNew releasesreact-email v2Tamagui 1.88Expressive CodeRelay 16.2Remix 2.7 (and 2.6!) discussing laterIsograph 0.1.0Upcoming conferencesReact Paris 2024 March 22, 2024. In-person in Paris, France + Remote (hybrid)Epic Web Conf 2024 April 10 - 11, 2024. In-person in Park City, UT, USAReact Miami 2024 April 19 - 20, 2024. In-person in Miami, FL, USAReact Connection 2024 April 22, 2024. In-person in Paris, FranceReact Native Connection 2024 April 23, 2024. In-person in Paris, FranceReact LabsBrad Westfall: React Will Be Compiledyou’ll likely never need these APIs again:Good writeup from React TrainingReact 19: RSCs, Suspense, and Server ActionsInitial PR for Parcel support in RSCs?Instant Search Params with React Server ComponentsIs Suspense Worth the Squeeze?Avoid Using React’s useFormStatusreact-strict-domAnnouncement thread from kelsetBuilds on “react dom for native” proposal“Spiritual successor to react-native-web but from the opposite direction”Compatibility chartNo PWAs on iOS in EUAction link, if you have an app affected (Update, partially rolled back)MDN PWA Manifest docsGary Bernhardt’s Birth and Death of Javascript talkNextA Next.js App Router Migration: The Good, Bad, and UglyWhat We’ve Learned from the transition to Next 14 and Server ComponentsRemix2.6, 2.7 changelogOpen sourced remix.runGood first issuesReact NativeState of React Native by Software Mansion“React Native Frameworks”RN on Apple Vision Pro⚡ Lightning round ⚡Bun shellDeno in 2023Survey results and 2024 roadmapJSRHot Module Replacement is Easy (he lies)pmdrs WebGL layout engine UI for react-three-fiber, full repo100th TC39 meeting updates

Quick hitsLayoffs.fyi
ConferencesReact Paris March 22nd, Paris, FR
Epic Web April 11th, Park City, UT
React Miami April 19-20th, Miami, FL
React Connection / RN Connection April 22nd, Paris, FR
React Conf 2024 May 15-16 Henderson, NV

New releasesReact Aria generally available
New shadcn/ui components
Eslint v9 alpha 0
jQuery 4.0??
date-fns v3
ReScript v11


React Libraries for 2024
Rising Stars for JS, React ecosystem
2024 bytes.dev predictions
React 19 and upcoming featuresContext Selectors! Discussion and a summary from Colin Campbell
Proper Web Component support planned for React 19
Web Components 2024 feature updates
Rick Hanlon: some upcoming client features I'm excited about
New client-side hooks coming in React 19
React Forget updates

Framework updatesRemix working on “SPA mode”
Likely stabilize as Vite plugin does
Remix also working on RSC support, and will have differences from Next’s approach.
Next.js 14.1

“Annoyed at React” roundupKind of annoyed at React
React, where are you going?
Mark’s reply
Ryan Florence on Twitter
Increasingly miffed about the state of React releases
React is getting a bit of a kicking lately

RSCsRSCs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Leerob reacts
The Two Reacts
RSC is React Server + Component
“RSC does not require a server” – Dan
React Server Components paradigm

⚡ Lightning round ⚡Ryan Carniatto, JS Frameworks heading into 2024
RSBuild guide to migrating from CRA
React Native styling tool benchmarks
Weird things engineers believe about Web development
Homebrew creator launching Tea.xyz, an OSS funding project
NPM registry prank leaves developers unable to unpublish packages
CodePen top 10
V8 performance improvements

This Month in React – December 2023


Quick hits:

React Native 0.73
New debugging docs
New Debugger, give feedback here
Bridgeless mode


Redux Toolkit 2.0, Redux 5.0, and React-Redux 9.0
XState v5
React Server Components updates

React Panel: Frontend Should Embrace React Server Components
RSCs from scratch video from Ben Holmes
Storybook for React Server Components
Dan’s “Chain Reaction” post
New RSC-first framework, Waku


Introducing StyleX
React docs and general discussion

The React team posted a list of some recent core docs pages updates
Dan Abramov React AMA on BlueSky


Lightning round:

An HTTP Status Code to Report Requester Impairment
More Than You Need to Know About ReactDOM.flushSync | JulesBlom.com
React fights you can have with your team
Building React Framework Gatsby
TanStack Router v1


Discussion: what do we think will happen with React and the ecosystem in 2024?