React Round Up

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Exploring Micro Frontend Architecture with Florian Rappel - RRU 283 Jan 24, 2025

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Welcome to React Roundup, the podcast where we keep you updated on all things React related! In today's episode, we have an enlightening discussion featuring Paige Nedringhaus as host, our panelist TJ Van Toll, and our special guest, Florian Rappel, a solution architect from Munich, Germany. Florian, a noted figure in the web community, especially in TypeScript, React, and Microfrontends, dives deep into a variety of engaging topics.
Throughout the episode, we explore the complexities and benefits of using React, often described as a "black box" for the way it abstracts away many details from developers. We also delve into the intriguing world of Microfrontends, where Florian provides a comprehensive overview of this approach, discussing its practical implementation and the organizational shifts it can entail.
Additionally, Florian introduces his new book, "The Art of Microfrontends," and shares insights on how to manage complex front-end projects more efficiently. Whether you're a seasoned developer or new to the ecosystem, this episode offers a wealth of knowledge and practical advice to enhance your development practices.
So, tune in for an insightful journey through the realms of React and Microfrontends, and get ready to elevate your coding game!
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React Component Tests for Humans with Miroslav Nikolov - RRU 282 Jan 08, 2025

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On this episode of React Round Up we chatted with Miroslav Nikolov, a UI developer at one.com, about his approach to unit testing React components. Miroslav discussed writing components in a human-friendly way, using the library UnexpectedJS. We also talked about Miroslav’s blog, including how he got started with it, and some of the tools he used, like Gatsby and Mailchimp. This is a great episode if you’re looking to learn more about how to approach unit testing in React.
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Miroslav- Application State Management with React
Paige- Tom Clancy's | Jack Ryan
TJ- DREAM SPORT Bike Computer Bicycle Speedometer and Odometer 16-Function Wired Bike Computer Waterproof

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Run NextJS and Node in the Browser ft. Eric Simons - RRU 281 Jan 01, 2025

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Eric Simons joins the round-up to discuss the latest advancements made by StackBlitz that enables you to run NodeJS in the browser. Eric expands that to the work they've done with the NextJS team to run NextJS in the browser without the need to have a server in the background.
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All Things Voice Recognition and JavaScript with Ian Lavery - RRU 280 Dec 25, 2024

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Returning guest, Ian Lavery from Picovice.ai, joins the hosts to talk all things voice recognition. He dives into new languages the company has tackled over the last year (and what languages it plans to tackle next year), how they train their models, and how Picovoice is actually running speech recognition in the browser instead of in the cloud, making things like captioning live streams and real-time chats possible with some of its newer tech Cheetah and Leopard.
He also shares how he wrote a simple podcast transcription app using Picovoice and Express.js, in addition to Picovoice boasting specific SDKs for React, Angular and Vue.
Listen to Ian's first appearance on RRU here where he and the panel went deep into the specifics of voice recognition like security and privacy, understanding it in general, and using it sans big cloud providers.
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Ian - Mixpanel: Product Analytics for Mobile, Web, & More
Paige - Star Trek: Lower Decks - Wikipedia
TJ - The Great British Bakeoff series

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React Ecosystem: Libraries, Tools, and Third-Party Integrations - RRU 279 Dec 18, 2024

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In today's episode, Lucas and Peter dive deep into the world of front-end frameworks with a captivating discussion featuring PRANTA Dutta, a seasoned React Native developer. Pranta shares his journey transitioning from Vue to React, highlighting both the challenges and advantages of React's manual configurations and rich third-party ecosystem. They explore the contrasts between frameworks like React, Angular, and Flutter, delving into the trade-offs between their built-in features and flexibility. From the complexities of using Flutter's custom canvas painting to the streamlined utilities for notifications and Firebase, we cover it all. They also tackle the ongoing debate of native versus hybrid mobile app development, with insights into the Kotlin Multiplatform project and the importance of choosing the right tools based on project needs.
Join them as they unravel the intricacies of React's success and shortcomings, discuss the merits of design patterns in both Flutter and React, and examine the responsibilities developers hold in shaping their applications. Stay tuned for a valuable conversation packed with industry insights and practical examples!
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Why React Won the Front-End Race

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Error Reporting and Bug Monitoring with James Smith - RRU 278 Dec 11, 2024

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In this episode of React Round Up we chatted with James Smith from Bugsnag. We talked about the importance of error monitoring and reporting, and how to actually implement those workflows in your production apps. James shared a number of tips for React developers, like what are the most common errors and how you can help prevent them (hint: linters help a lot). We also got into mobile, and what developers can do to protect against third-party SDK errors.
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TJ - https://www.amazon.com/What-Doesnt-Kill-Environmental-Conditioning
James - Fall Guys

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How to Structure Your React Projects - RRU 277 Dec 04, 2024

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Akash Joshi Is a frequent blogger across many of the larger blogs across the internet.
He joins the Round Up to share his opinions on how you should put your React applications together as well as some tips on where you shouldn't put files and where you should avoid putting specific types of files.
Some of this is inspired by projects like Next.js and others by his own experience. Paige and TJ chime in with their experience to help provide more context to the conversation.
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Akash- Lapel Microphone
Paige- Harney & Sons Earl Grey Loose Leaf Tea
TJ- Kombucha Tea

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Building Component Libraries with Kathryn Grayson Nanz - RRU 276 Nov 27, 2024

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Senior Frontend Engineer Kathryn Grayson Nanz joins the React Round Up team to talk about all things component libraries. Kathryn shares her experiences building not one but two component libraries, as well as tips and tricks on the benefits of shared libraries, how to get buy in from product and developer teams, the best way to set up libraries and keeping them up-to-date. She also shares pitfalls to try and avoid when getting started with building a new library. Definitely a good listen for anyone debating whether an existing library or a brand new, custom one is the way to go for a project.
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TJ - Strava
Paige - Tresanti Standing Desk
Kathryn - Notion
Kathryn - Rocketbook

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Building a Chatbot or Voicebot with Dialogflow in React ft. Victory Nwani - RRU 275 Nov 20, 2024

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Victory Dumebi Nwani joins the round up to discuss integrating the Dialogflow from Google Cloud into your application to manage voice and chat capabilities for your application.
Victory dives into the stack he used to put together a functioning app using that offering from Google.
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Transitioning a React Codebase from JSX to TypeScript ft. Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story - RRU 274 Nov 14, 2024

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Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story join the panel to discuss the recent transition at Sentry from vanilla JavaScript to React and TypeScript.
The show starts out with the panelists nerding out over Sentry and how they use it, then they dive into the code transition and the things that they learned from their conversion to TypeScript.
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