Building a simple webapp in React is easier today than ever. There are tutorials everywhere to create almost every type of component, the dust has settled on the state management wars, and it finally looks like we can just focus on building our dashboards in peace.
Or is it?
The world of React is actually changing completely. Components can run completely on the server, 3D React structures are fueling future VR/AR metaverses, Vite is pushing Webpack, modules are federated everywhere, and Remix is what happens when you’re busy writing useCounter hooks.
It's extremely exciting how diverse and multifaceted the current ecosystem is evolving, beyond just writing components. The importance of being “metastack” - understanding the larger picture - from accessibility, performance to module federation, SSR, and even web3 - is more critical than ever.
In this talk we’ll try to see a glimpse of these concepts. Let’s explore Postmodern React - the Essentials.