Wes and Scott talk with Jeppe Reinhold about Storybook 9’s powerful new features—including drastically reduced bloat, seamless Vite integration, and next-level component testing. They dive into visual regression testing, accessibility, performance, and best practices for writing robust, isolated UI components developers can actually enjoy testing and documenting.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:40 What is Storybook?
03:48 How Storybook makes component design easier
04:41 Vite integration and compatibility with other tools
- Vite
- webpack
- RSpack
06:50 Storybook’s significantly smaller bundle size
- e18e
- polka
13:31 Upgrading to Storybook 9
17:34 Testing components with Storybook
- Vitest
19:51 How do you write a component “story”?
24:29 Brought to you by Sentry.io
24:54 How visual testing works
28:38 How Storybook makes money
29:33 Best practices for component design
32:24 Mocking and testing strategies
34:49 Accessibility testing
40:51 Add-ons and future features
44:43 Storybook’s documentation
46:33 Sick Picks + Shameless plugs

Sick Picks

Jeppe: JBL Boombox 3 Wi-Fi

Shameless Plugs

Jeppe: chromatic

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