This is a rapid fire episode of news topics today because (as always) there’s plenty going on in the front-end development world.Evan You, the creator of the popular Vue.js framework and Vite build tool, is back with a new static site generator named VitePress. VitePress allows users to build fast, content-centric websites with Markdown, a fully customizable theme, and Vue-enhancements for greater interactivity, and it will generate static HTML pages that can be deployed anywhere.There’s also...

Conference season is in full swing this week Vercel showed off the new goods they’ve got for developers to get excited about.During Vercel Ship, the Next.js 15 RC (release candidate) was officially announced. Next.js 15 includes benefits like: support for React 19 and the React Compiler (Experimental), plus hydration error improvements. It also offers experimental support for partial pre-rendering, a new API to execute code after a response has finished streaming, and new config options for t...

We’ve got an exciting episode with our co-host Jack Herrington fresh from his trip to React Conf where the React core team and close collaborators unveiled all the cool things they’ve been working on, including the much anticipated React Compiler and some exciting new features for React Native Expo.React Compiler is a new Babel-enabled plugin that will allow React apps to handle the memoization and re-rendering of components in an application so that developers won’t have to use the useMemo()...

On this episode of Front-End Fire we welcomed special guest Jason Lengstorf to chat about the news with us. We opened with a follow-up discussion of the let versus const debate from last week. Jack made a video (see below for link), and we had a bit of fun talking about the controversy.After that we introduced Effect, a library that dubs itself the missing standard library for TypeScript. Effect just had its first stable release, so we discussed what the library does, what sort of apps it wor...

This week we’re all about beta releases and technical previews of AI that will make us even more productive coders.Since the release of React 18, just over 2 years ago, the React team’s been hard at work, and at the end of April, React 19 beta dropped on npm. This new version brings Server Components and Server Actions out from behind the canary channel, stating they are now stable and will not break between major versions going forward. In addition to this, v19 introduces Actions: hooks for ...

There’s rarely a dull moment in the web development world and this week is no exception to that rule. The episode kicks off with an update on Shopify’s meta framework Hydrogen, which is now built on top of the open source framework, Remix, which Shopify acquired back in October of 2022. Hydrogen now has full Vite support and integration with the Vite plugins ecosystem, an overhaul of its SEO (now powered by Remix), full page caching, and a decrease in the CLI bundle size of 60%. Listener...

The episode starts off with news about Figma’s new Code Connect feature. Code Connect is the bridge between a design system’s component code and Figma, so when viewing components in Figma’s Dev Mode, they’ll have the same real world code that the design system relies on, and Code Connect can also map properties from code to Figma, enabling dynamic and correct snippets. The catch? This sweet new feature is only available to users who are on Figma’s Organization and Enterprise plans.We continue...

The group dives into the week’s news right away, starting off with a new open source project from Google called Jpegli. Jpepgli is a new JPEG coding library, which claims to compress images up to 35% smaller while also being able to deliver JPEGs in even higher quality than what is currently available today. The GitHub repo the article links to still looks to be in the early stages of development, but this could be a new solution for JPEGs, which traditionally can take quite a bit to load in...

Signals have been around in the JavaScript world as early as 2010 when Knockout.js first introduced them, but the past few years they’ve been picking up steam among JS frameworks as a way to effectively manage application state so that developers can focus on the business logic parts of their apps. Now there’s a proposal to make Signals part of the native JavaScript ecosystem, and it’s being backed by some well-known frameworks like Angular, Svelte, Vue, and more.  Storybook 8 has introduced...

It turns out we had a lot of news to cover in this week’s episode. We kicked it off discussing how RedwoodJS is the latest framework to support React Server Components, and has some pretty nice illustrated docs to help devs get started. Then, there was a rapid fire of interesting topics including a great new article about modern CSS from Mr. CSS Tricks himself, Chris Coyier, a new documentary film on the origin story of Node.js from the team that created the React and Ruby on Rails...

CSS-in-JS has been around for years now, but have you tried JS-from-CSS? This week we talk about the new alternative trend sweeping through the web development community: writing only CSS to create a fully styled and typed React component. Two early frontrunners in this race are MistCSS and Stylin, and we’ll keep an eye out for if this new twist on writing JSX components catches on. AnalogJS, the meta-framework for Angular we covered several months ago, announces release 1.0 with all the...

In this episode, we explore the latest in web development with Astro unveiling Astro DB, a fully managed, blazing fast SQL-based database that is “ridiculously easy to use.” Next, you may not know the name, but Speedometer just released version 3.0, which further solidifies its status as the browser benchmark for web app responsiveness. Next up is Pigment CSS, a zero-runtime CSS-in-JS solution from the makers of the Material UI component library that works with Next.js’ app router and React...

Today we discuss Vercel’s latest offering: AI SDK 3.0, which streams React components from LLMs to deliver richer user experiences than text-only chatbots. Then we dive into the world of modern styling as Tailwind CSS drops its latest gem - version 4.0, now open source for community exploration. And then finally we talk about the latest improvements in Safari 17.4. Plus, stay tuned for Elon Musk’s legal saga with OpenAI and the Indian government’s new stance on AI model updates. News: Paige...

We discuss JSR, the new package registry from Deno, and whether it can compete with npm. Next, we talk about Parcel’s new support for macros, which is a handy way to embed build-time logic into your code. After that we some get into some BrowserStack legal drama, and wrap up with some BREAKING NEWS about Apple, PWAs, and the EU. Drama! News: Paige - JSR - Deno’s New JavaScript Package RegistryJack - Parcel v2.12 supports macrosTJ - Deque Systems Sues BrowserStack for Intellectual Property...

News: Paige - Hono v4 takes aim at full-stack frameworksJack - Storybook 8TJ - An update on Apple breaking PWAs in the EU Bonus News: Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training dataNode.js unveils its new mascot Rocket Turtle What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Learning watercolor painting and The Fourth Wing novelJack - Drive to Survive season 6TJ - Detroit Red Wings Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our...

Special Guest(s): Kelvin Omereshone, lead maintainer of Sails.js and creator of The Boring JavaScript Stack Main Topic: The Boring JavaScript Stack Relevant Links: The Boring Stack repoThe Boring Stack docsKelvin on TwitterKelvin on YouTubeKelvin’s websiteSailsconf keynote announcing The Boring StackWhy the nameWho is Boring for?Sails.jsSails repoInertia.jsSailscasts Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord...

News: Paige - Nx Project CrystalJack - Simple Stack StreamingTJ - Apple breaking PWAs in the EU Bonus News: Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV seriesJack - The Murderbot Diaries book seriesTJ - Casey Neistat’s video on the Apple Vision Pro Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, reach out to us via email or Tweet us on X...

News: Paige - Vite 5.1Jack - LLRT and Million LintTJ - Interop 2024 & wpt.fyi Bonus News: React Native visionOS for the Apple Vision ProjQuery 4 beta What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - A Court of Mist and Fury book (sequel to A Court of Thorns and Roses)Jack - A Libertarian Walks into a Bear bookTJ - Only Murders in the Building Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, reach out to us via email...

Special Guest(s): Rachel Nabors, formerly of React at Meta known for their work on reactnative.dev and react.dev Evan Bacon, Engineering Manager at ExpoMatt Carroll, Developer Advocate React at Meta Relevant Links: The Two Reacts blog post by Dan AbramovRachel Nabors on Twitter, @rachelnaborsEvan Bacon on Twitter, @BaconbrixMatt Carroll on Twitter, @mattcarrollcode Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel,...

News: Paige - Code editor Zed goes open sourceJack - “Hey Code” in VS CodeTJ - Apple changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the EUMozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox Bonus News: Open Props What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Kindle Paperwhite Jack - Oura smart ringTJ - One Piece on Netflix Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, reach out to us via...

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News: Paige - New Web Components features from the W3CJack - Code HikeTJ - Apple Vision Pro and Apple Vision Pro drama Bonus News: Bun Shell - experimental shell scripting in JS What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - ColorIt Mandalas coloring bookJack - Brothers Sun TV seriesTJ - Lugeing! Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, reach out to us via email or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire. Blue Collar...

News: Paige - ReScript 11.0 - a TS competitorJack - Donut componentsMatteo Frana: React, where are you going?Cassidy Williams: Kind of annoyed at ReactTJ - OpenAI launches a GPT Store & Netlify’s example What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Fargo TV series and JustThe Recipe.comJack - The Marvels movieTJ - Paprika app Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, reach out to us via email or Tweet us on...

News: Paige - Superglue - Rails with React & Redux frameworkJack - Svelte 5 previewTJ - NY Times is Suing OpenAI Bonus news: Knip What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - A Court of Thorns and Roses bookJack - What If…? season 2TJ - CES  Join Us: Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, reach out to us via email or Tweet us on X @front_end_fire. Blue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach...

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