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Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, NeatAre Frameworks Still Worth the Tradeoffs? w/ Adam RackisThis week, Chuck talks with Adam Rackis live from React Miami. Along with special guest-host Aaron Francis, they dig into React Server Components, the quirks of modern JavaScript frameworks, and why TanStack might be the future. Sipping an Appleton Estate Rum, they swap hot takes, get candid about developer trends, tech philosophies, and share some unexpected guilty pleasures.In this episode:(00:00) - Intro(02:37) - Rum tasting and review: Appleton Estate(11:27) - Hot Take: Why Adam is cooling off on React Server Components(14:56) - What makes TanStack the most exciting tool in frontend?(16:52) - Are we still...2025-05-0145 min
Backend Banter#062 - Declaring War Against the Frontend feat. Sam SelikoffIn today’s episode, we go to war with Sam Selikoff, co-host of the Frontend First podcast, and specialist on everything Frontend related.
We have an amazing conversation where we discuss Sam’s journey, as he also did some backend work in the past, we talk about abstractions, what JavaScript is doing differently from other languages and frameworks, why the frontend should be driving the backend and not the other way around, and finish it off with a discussion about RSCs (React Server Components).
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PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocketIncomplete React with Sam SelikoffIn today’s episode, Sam Selikoff, educator and consultant in modern UI development, explores the depths of React and its place in the ecosystem. He talks about React's evolution, compares it with other frameworks, and discusses the innovative potential of server components and new React primitives.
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Frontend FirstNext.js vs. Gatsby, revisitedSam talks about his recent experience working with Next.js on his personal site. He and Ryan also compare Gatsby and Next, and discuss how much Next's updates over the past year have curbed Gatsby's advantages. They also talk about the best way to make frontend developers more autonomous. Topics include:- 8:30 - Working on moving samselikoff.com to Next.js- 39:04 – The best way to make frontend teams more autonomous
2020-08-2648 minFrontend FirstImports are not code – they're declarationsTopics include:- 2:31 – Tailwind, PostCSS, and low-level vs. high-level tools- 13:12 – Mirage JS and Cypress- 13:55 – Ember 3.13 and Octane- 15:28 – Ryan's experiencing upgrading EmberMap from 3.4 to 3.12- 20:19 - ES Modules, and learning that imports are not code- 42:12 – React and useEffect, and the difference between reads and writes vs. rendering and event handlers- 1:00:50 – Object-oriented vs. functional programming in JavaScript Links:- [Ember 3.13 Release (Octane Preview)](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/09/25/ember-3-13-released.html)- [How to upgrade an Ember...2019-10-111h 06Frontend FirstServer-side state means global resource identityTopics include:- 0:00 – Dealing with asynchrony and persistence in Vue- 8:56 – Thoughts on Vue's APIs, and how they compare with React and Ember- 22:20 – "Magic" in UI frameworks vs. server-side frameworks- 27:17 – Build work in Mirage JS, and a new passthrough API- 38:26 - How opinionated should project documentation be?- 50:40 - Edward Faulkner's talk on compilers, abstractions, ES modules, and Embroider Sponsors:- [Next Release](https://www.nextrelease.io/ember/), mention EmberMap when you sign up for a trial and get 10% off2019-10-041h 13