Ryan Carniato, creator of SolidJS, curates 10 highlights from nearly 70 articles written between 2018 and 2020 about JavaScript framework design. The selection traces his evolving thinking on topics including React Hooks, Virtual DOM performance, Web Components, TypeScript tradeoffs, and the architecture decisions behind SolidJS. Each entry includes brief reflection on how his perspective shifted over time, from early enthusiasm for Web Components to a more nuanced view of component boundaries, reactivity, and rendering approaches.
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1. B.Y.O.F. — Part 1: Writing a JS Framework in 2018 Copy link Link copied!2. Why React Hooks: A Declarative Data Love Story Copy link Link copied!3. What Every JavaScript Framework Could Learn from React Copy link Link copied!4. The Fastest Way to Render the DOM Copy link Link copied!5. The Real Cost of UI Components Copy link Link copied!6. Designing SolidJS: Immutability Copy link Link copied!7. Reports of the Virtual DOM's Death are Greatly Exaggerated Copy link Link copied!8. The Trouble with TypeScript Copy link Link copied!9. Maybe Web Components Are Not the Future? Copy link Link copied!10. The React Hooks Announcement in Retrospect: 2 Years Later Copy link Link copied!Sort: