Get to know where the world of software tech is heading. Experienced developers and tech leaders came and spoke at these conferences. Don't fall behind, this blog will help you update your tech gyan (Knowledge).

All of this information is gathered from JSConf, JSWORLD Conference, NDC Conferences, App.Js Conf, React Conferences by GitNation and Javascript Conferences by GitNation.

React ⚛️

A Deep Dive into Advanced Security Measures for ReactJS Apps by Jim Manico 🎥

R is for React Performance - Henri Helvetica 🎥 talks about avif 📷 (hashnode uses avif formats), brotli compression 🤐, carbon footprints ♻️🔋(green software), etc.

Next.js Metamorphosis - Lee Robinson Next.js 13.4 recently released the stable version of the App Router – a transformative shift for the core of the framework. In this talk, the author shares why they made this change, the key concepts to know, and excitement about the future of React.

Qwik

Qwik built by Builder.io is a new kind of web framework that can deliver instant loading web applications at any size or complexity. Your sites and apps can boot with about 1kb of JS (regardless of application complexity), and achieve consistent performance at scale. Misko Hevery 🎥 talks about how resumablilty (a concept) helps in the faster startup of applications.

Javascript & Interactive Immersive Javascript 🔥 🦙

Javascript is no more an ordinary language, recently google announced WebGPU in Chrome, which opens performant pathways to Video Editing, Machine Learning, etc. Video Editing in the Browser - Christopher Chedeau 🎥 and Video Editing Basic - Akash Hamirwasia 🎥

Immersive Experience on Web - Ishan Sharma 🎥 explains the nuances of WebGL and does live coding for an interactive webpage.

Unlock The Power of JavaScript Generation - Drishti Jain 🎥 how to write code that pauses ⏸️ and resumes ⏩

React Native ⚛️

React Native 2030 - Fernando Rojo 🎥 talks about the future of React Native, Inline Native Modules, Under the Radar Updates, and React DOM for Native were some of the key points covered.

Tamaga UI Kit - Less Code More Performance More Platforms by Nathan Wienert 🎥 talks about Tamaga UI Kit creation and the idea behind it.

React Native is incomplete without Interactive React Native like Skia, and Reanimated, watch all of these great talks here William Candillon – The Joy of Painting with Skia 🎥 and Jonny Burger – Making videos in React Native 🎥, 3D and Canvas-Based Animations with Reanimated - Krzysztof Piaskowy 🎥

Expo Application Services - Jon Samp 🎥 expo is getting better and better, which means it offers a great Dx (Dev Experience).

Local-first state management with Riffle & SKDB - Johannes Schickling 🎥 talks about how you can save your data locally 💾 and sync 🔄 it later using CRDTs and a lot of other things. For example, if an organization is working in a very remote area, where internet connectivity 🤷‍♀️❌📶 is an issue, then local first-state management might be a good solution for them.

Build your Machine Learning Model on Edge with React Native - Rashmi Nagpal 🎥 In this talk, she will be delving deeper into the process of developing machine learning applications using React

Developer productivity 🚀🏆🎯💯🤩

Structurizr DSL provides a way to define a software architecture model (based upon the C4 model) as text, using a domain-specific language (DSL). See here a Fictional Online Banking System Example

45 Min Typescript Crash Course by Christian Woerz 🎥, recommended for beginners or Junior Devs

Debugging 🐞

Replay

Meet Replay, the browser that captures bugs in a capsule and the next-gen DevTools that replays them. Mark Erikson 🎥 explains that it is a whole package for Advanced Debugging, Documenting a bug, Visualizing React Tree or Redux State Time Travel and a lot of other things.
Update: Download this at your own risk, it comes under security threat by Virus Protection

Green Software ♻️🔋

The Principles of Green Software - How Green is Your Application - Sara Bergman 🎥 talks about how to measure Software Carbon Intensity, What is Carbon Aware Computing and nuances of green software.

Monorepos 🎛️

Kari Meling 🎥 explains what monorepo is, how it works and some advantages of the monorepo. Her presentation is simple and interactive, definitely a goto for beginners or Junior Devs

Platformatic DB 🗼🗄️

Platformatic DB is a tool to create automatic GraphQL/Rest API Endpoints, OpenAPI documentation, Developers Dashboard, Migrations, etc. It is not an Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tool; rather, it is a SQL mapper. It provides small functions like eq, in, find(). I Would Never Use an ORM – Matteo Collina 🎥

Final Notes

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