Which framework is best? Join Scott and Wes as they chat with Corbin Crutchley, author of the “Framework Field Guide”, diving into the world of frameworks, metaframeworks, and tips to stay up-to-date on the latest trends in web development.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:48 Who is Corbin Crutchley?
- 02:08 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
- 02:32 Hilton, like the hotel?
- 05:57 What is the best framework?
- 07:23 How do you compare these frameworks?
- 10:00 Do you feel like the metaframeworks are comparable?
- 11:02 Exciting announcements from ng-conf?
- 11:42 Are Wiz and Angular merging?
- 14:17 Angular signals and Vue comparison.
- PreactJS Signals
- 17:53 Adding signals to vanilla JavaScript and browsers.
- 21:02 What is derived state?
- 23:11 How can we store state within these different frameworks?
- 24:37 Passing children.
- 26:40 Which has the best implementation for passing children?
- 28:52 What’s the approach for building framework agnostic components?
- TanStack Store
- 30:31 How much of it is framework specific?
- 31:35 Headless or DOM-based?
- 32:48 What are the best practices for writing this?
- 35:28 What’s the biggest framework pain point?
- 36:21 Is there a language that requires significantly more code?
- 38:52 What about Web Components?
- 39:58 Your book is free?
- Framework Field Guide
- Shout-out Eduardo Pratti and Kevin Aguilar.
- 42:42 What’s the process of writing a book like this?
- 45:44 Not a physical book?
- 46:17 Walk us through the tech stack.
- 48:27 Supper Club Questions.
- 48:33 What text editor, theme and font do you use?
- 49:53 What terminal and shell do you use?
- 50:19 How do you stay up to date?
- 53:39 Do you have advice for beginners?
- 55:26 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.
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