29: Don't Rewrite Your App for Hooks and Suspense with Jared Palmer

Jared Palmer is a passionate JavaScript developer, pushing developer ergonomics in React with projects like formik and react-fns. Chantastic asks about what Suspense and Hooks mean for existing apps and what we should know to migrate our code sanely. They discuss why doing away with render props is a good thing, why Hooks are up to the task, and how Hooks and Suspense will impact libraries like formik, react-fns, and the-platform.

Featuring

• Jared Palmer — Twitter, Github, Consultancy, Website
• Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website

Notes & Links

• Moving to Suspense — Jared's 2018 React Conf talk
• formik — Build forms in React, without tears
• react-fns — React Components for common Web APIs
• react-adopt — 😎 Compose render props components like a pro
• renderator — from this tweet
• react-cache —A basic cache for React applications

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