Getting hooked on React

This week we talk with Kent C. Dodds, one of the greatest React teachers in the industry, all about React! Why choose React over another framework? What are the hardest parts about learning React? You’ll find out this week!

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Featuring:

• Kent C. Dodds – Website, GitHub, X
• Emma Bostian – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Epic React
• React docs
• Getting Closure on React Hooks by Swyx
• Common Mistakes With React Testing Library
• Soft Skills Podcast
• Why React Hooks
• JSParty Building on the TanStack
• React Testing Library
• The Beginner’s Guide to React on Egghead.io
• The Beginner’s Guide to React v2 on Egghead.io
• React Error Boundary
• My State Management Mistake
• Remix
• Remix Docs
• React Query
• Aha Programming
• Cher Scarlet
• When to Break Up a Component Into Multiple Components
• Tanner Linsley
• React Router
• Ryan Florence
• Michael Jackson
• React Helmet
• Chantastic React Podcast + Kent
• I think y’all know what side I’m on

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!