The State of React (and Should You Still Learn It in 2024), with Dev Agrawal

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Meet Dev Agrawal 🇮🇳🇺🇸! With a name like that, how could he not become a developer? He's a software developer, developer advocate, and content creator. Moreover, he's a React expert deeply ingrained in the React community. That's why we invited him onto the show to shed light on the current state of affairs!
You've probably noticed certain discontent surrounding React recently. A basic React app has become significantly more complex. It has been quite some time since there has been a significant update to React, with the recent ones relying heavily on meta-frameworks. And what about the React core team? What's happening there?
All of this might sound disheartening. However, we're delving into whether these concerns hold true in this episode. Let's find out together!
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⏰ Timestamps
How Dev became a dev (01:34)
Teamwork is a skill you can learn! (07:06)
Should you go to college or learn to code by yourself? (09:10)
Studying coding can be a "choose your own adventure" game (11:04)
Community break with Jan the Producer (12:42)
How Dev landed his first role in tech (14:28)
Disappointment with React: what's that about? (15:42)
What are meta-frameworks, and why are they gaining traction? (18:55)
React was originally all about the front end... And now? (20:55)
GraphQL and React Server components (22:23)
Pete Hunt, Rethinking Best Practices, and separation of concerns (23:09)
History is repeating itself (24:24)
The most common problem with server components (25:34)
The battle of the frameworks (26:10)
Is Next.JS in an advantageous position? (28:08)
Most people nowadays are using Vue! (34:13)
Should you have FOMO about server components? (36:37)
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[@dtoad5576]

career advice, yes plz add podcast about that too.

[@JLarky]

What's Vue?

[@fromagetriste]

it's a JavaScript framework, has the same goal as Angular or React. It's used for front-end web

[@devagr]

a mis-spelling of "View"

[@JLarky]

@@devagr thanks!

[@dtoad5576]

whats the gist of this? tldr?

[@dtoad5576]

gist is 'yes keep learning react "it won't be dethroned" ' lol

[@devagr]

I'm assuming you just want the gist of the React stuff, not the part where I talked about my career journey. - The negative community sentiment stems from the perception the the priorities of React and the priorities of the community are misaligned - The paradigm shift of RSCs is very similar to the initial paradigm shift React came with a decade ago - Nextjs made a huge sacrifice by betting on Server Components - A lot more that's difficult to summarize and I recommend listening to the whole thing when you get the chance

[@hayden642]

🌟 Promo*SM