In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes are coming at you live from Reactathon with audience-favorite segments including All I Want for Christmas in React, JS or Nay-s (or Both), Overrated / Underrated, Hot Take Tweets, Listener Questions, and more!

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Show Notes 04:17 - All I Want for Christmas in React is:

• Suspense for data fetching
• On mount animations
  • Unmount for me
• Single file components
• preventDefault shortcut
• Input to state mapping

09:45 - JS or Nay-s (or Both)

• Shout out to Pigeonhole
• Graphene - 1) Carbon atoms organized in a hexagonal lattice, or 2) An opinionated Python library for building GraphQL Libraries in Python?
• Floodlight - 1) A super simple syntax highlighter for XHTML documents, or 2) a large light used to illuminate dark outdoor spaces?
• Toy Machine - 1) An early 2000s skate brand, or 2) A Vue-based GUI for creating state machines?
• Joplin - 1) A free, open-source note taking and to-do application based on markdown, or 2) A city in the northwestern corner of Missouri?
• Noco - 1) A JavaScript library that connects to No Code tools including bubble.io, or 2) A smart car battery maintainer & charger?
• Innr - 1) A smart lightbulb, or 2) A CSS in JS library for selecting parent selectors?
• Cabkoma Strand - 1) A thermoplastic carbon fiber composite rod used in modern buildings, or 2) A Redux-like state management library for Svelte?
• Sputnik V - 1) Code name for the upcoming WordPress release with built-in headless CMS mode, or 2) A non-replicating viral vector COVID-19 vaccine?

18:44 - Overrated / Underrated

• Deno
• ESM import from URL (no npm)
• Remix.run
• Xstate

27:49 - Hot Take Tweets

• https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1336367385683636225

34:34 - Listener Questions

• Q: If you recently started doing web dev work, which career path would you choose - startup, FANG, or freelance?
• Q: TypeScript all the things?
• Q: What do you do to keep up with the latest and greatest changes in tech - front-end libraries, new languages, etc.?
• Q: Can you share some exclusive BBQ tips?
• Q: What do you expect of Blitz.js in the next few years?
• Q: What’s the first node module you install in a brand new React project besides React itself?
• Q: Thoughts on using languages other than JS and TS with React like Kotlin?
• Q: Do you have an approach for optimizing hi-res images that are stored in your back-end, like S3 for your Gatsby website?

Links * Watch the live recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xJpxj6T1BQ * Formik * Mux * Syntax Ep 206: State Machines, CSS and Animations with David K Piano * Check My Hair - Wes Bos * Houdini.How * Rust * Cloudinary * LockPickingLawyer YouTube Channel

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