10 Years Of SolidJS: Saying No To React | Ryan Carniato | PodRocket

Today on PodRocket, we have Ryan Carniato (‪@ryansolid‬) creator of SolidJS, here to talk about a decade of SolidJS.

In this episode, Ryan talks about

The history of SolidJS
Its success on the heels of React Hooks
How signals may be the web primitive we really need

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Links
YouTube:    / @ryansolid  
X: https://x.com/ryancarniato
Dev.to: https://dev.to/ryansolid
SolidJS Website: https://www.solidjs.com

Resources
A Decade of SolidJS: https://dev.to/this-is-learning/a-dec...
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:11 Reflecting on a Decade of Solid JS
02:53 The Evolution of Web Development Frameworks
06:04 The Rise of React and Its Impact
08:36 Solid JS: Motivation and Early Development
12:04 Challenges and Innovations in Solid JS
20:55 Performance Benchmarks and Open Sourcing Solid JS
26:31 Understanding Retain Mode vs Immediate Mode
27:21 React's Ecosystem and State Management
29:07 The Introduction of Hooks in React
31:00 The Evolution of Reactivity in Frameworks
34:40 The Future of Web Development and AI
42:00 Lightning Round and Wrap-Up
48:34 Challenges in Open Source Maintenance

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