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Interview: The Two Reacts with Rachel Nabors, Evan Bacon, and Matt Carroll
Feb 8, 2024
Guests Rachel Nabors, Evan Bacon, and Matt Carroll discuss the ongoing debate about 'two Reacts' and dive into the benefits and challenges of server components in React and React Native. They also touch on topics like framework integration, documentation for bundlers, caution in sharing experimental features, and the relationship between React and hosting providers like Vercel.
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Quick takeaways
- Server components aim to leverage the best of the server and client in an easy-to-use manner, offering advantages in terms of leveraging server capabilities in combination with client-side React.
- Server components can be used to optimize network requests and improve the offline update story in React Native, allowing for better rendering performance and reducing uncertainty with different device specifications.
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The React Team's Approach to Server Components
The podcast episode focuses on the recent controversy surrounding the idea of having two versions of React. The guests discuss the concept of server components and how they are a way of thinking about React moving from client to server. Server components aim to leverage the best of the server and client in an easy-to-use manner. The team also discusses the challenges and complexities of implementing server components, such as compatibility with different frameworks and bundlers. Despite the challenges, they express confidence that server components are the future and highlight the advantages they offer in terms of leveraging server capabilities in combination with client-side React.
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