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News: Signals in JS, RSCs in Storybook 8, and Bun Hits Windows in v1.1

Apr 8, 2024

Proposed signals in JS gaining traction among frameworks like Angular, Vue, and Svelte. Storybook 8 introduces support for React Server Components. Bun v1.1 now supports Windows and offers improved Node.js compatibilities. Also, news on Angular and Wiz merging, Redux hooks, and a Linux hack story.

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Signals proposal aims to simplify app state management in JavaScript, gaining support from major frameworks.

Storybook 8 introduces React Server Components, expanding options for server-side actions in web development.

Bun v1.1 release brings Windows support, improved Node.js compatibility, and strives to replace Node with enhanced features.

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Open source software saves the day

Open source software came to the rescue when dealing with upgrading dependencies in a Next.js app. A GitHub thread for a Canary version of Next.js MDX remote fix the issue, providing a breakthrough after facing the problem for weeks.

Introduction

3min

Proposal for Standardizing Signals in Front-End Frameworks

2min

Enhancements in Bun 1.1 and Compatibility with Node

8min

Release of Storybook V8 and Integration of Whiz into Angular

6min

Linux Hack Story and Redux-Hooks Integration

14min

Lighting Up Spaces with LED Creativity

9min

Signals have been around in the JavaScript world as early as 2010 when Knockout.js first introduced them, but the past few years they’ve been picking up steam among JS frameworks as a way to effectively manage application state so that developers can focus on the business logic parts of their apps. Now there’s a proposal to make Signals part of the native JavaScript ecosystem, and it’s being backed by some well-known frameworks like Angular, Svelte, Vue, and more.

Storybook 8 has introduced experimental support for React Server Components. It is noted that server side actions are still only available in Next.js, but it’s great to see RSCs continuing to gain more traction in the world.

Bun reached v1.1 recently, and while this isn’t usually a big milestone, for Bun it is, because it now supports Windows (and boasts impressive speeds for performance test metrics we’ve come to expect from JS runtimes) and offers a slew of improved Node.js compatibilities. As Bun says itself, it aims to be a drop-in replacement for Node, and if it keeps adding features, support, and speed gains like this, it very well might win that battle.

Finally, the discussion wraps up with some smaller news stories like Angular and Wiz officially announcing they’ll become one, a lesser known Redux hook that can stand in for complicated useEffect calls, and a crazy, years-long Linux hack that almost made it into the major Linux distributions before it was caught.

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Jack - Govee Warm White LED Strip Lights
TJ - Open source! And Paige’s asset tracker repo.

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News: Signals in JS, RSCs in Storybook 8, and Bun Hits Windows in v1.1

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Open source software saves the day

Daylight Uno table lamp for better lighting

Under cabinet LED strip lights for ambiance

Future project with movie poster lightbox

Exploring IoT possibilities with LED strips

Fun episode with news and discoveries

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