This Week In React #189: Next.js Security, useFormStatus, React State,Storybook, Skia Video, Starlink, App Clips, VisionOS...
Tags: react, reactnative
Published: 2024-06-14 11:21:30

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Hi everyone!

It's [Benedikt](https://x.com/bndkt) again this week, as Sebastien is taking a break.

For me, the week's most interesting topics are not big announcements or new releases but rather subtle hints at future work (type-safe routes models coming to Remix, React Compiler coming to Expo, native intents in Expo Router), as well as some online discussions about React Suspense implementation details (`display: none`, and, more importantly, a pretty significant change in parallel fetching behavior with React 19).

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## ⚛️ React

[![Mind the gap](https://thisweekinreact.com/emails/issues/189/react189.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/live/1g5ruM-16_Y?t=7443s)

🎥 **[Ryan Florence talk “Mind the Gap”](https://www.youtube.com/live/1g5ruM-16_Y?t=7443s)**

I watched this talk after hearing multiple people describing it as one of the best tech conference talks they’ve ever seen. We’re at a very interesting point in time in web development, with React 19 bringing a major shift to the React model, new JS frameworks gaining popularity, and lots of online discussions drawing distinctions and/or making comparisons to Rails and Laravel. Ryan’s talk is a really good overview of how we got here and it offers, in my opinion, a very good mental model of how to think about React 19. Also fun to see one of the creators of Remix give a Next.js demo 😉

- 💸 [NL Kit — Ship AI Features Faster With JavaScript](https://nlkit.com)
- 🐦 [Flow diagram on how to pick one of the over 30 ways to handle React state](https://x.com/housecor/status/1799435036736778364)
- 🐦 [React changes a component in a Suspense context to `display: none !important` until data fetching completes](https://x.com/cpojer/status/1798912741383844237)
- 🐦 [Type-safe route modules coming to Remix/React Router 7](https://x.com/pcattori/status/1799194706850504818)
- 🐦 [Significant difference in how Suspense handles parallel fetching between React 18 and 19 raises concerns](https://x.com/TkDodo/status/1800501040766144676)
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- 📜 [Weak memoization in JavaScript](https://dev.to/thekashey/weak-memoization-in-javascript-4po6): I really like those “fundamental” articles. This is not about useMemo, it explains the concept of memoization from scratch (while referencing React a bunch), really helps to deepen the understanding of what’s going on under the hood.
- 📜 [Creating a Reusable SubmitButton with useFormStatus](https://aurorascharff.no/posts/creating-a-reusable-submitbutton-with-useformstatus/): Following this article not only teaches you how to work with forms and server actions in React 19, but also how to do it using progressively enhanced forms.
- 📜 [Lingui with React Server Components](https://lingui.dev/tutorials/react-rsc): Tutorial on how to internationalize a Next.js App Router app (incl. RSC) using Lingui.
- 📜 [Next.js security checklist](https://blog.arcjet.com/next-js-security-checklist/): Useful checklist covering 7 areas, some very obvious (update dependencies, sanitize inputs), and others a bit more specific (avoid exposing server code, use security headers).
- 📜 [Hydrogen - June 2024 Release - Optimistic cart, RichText component, stable analytics](https://hydrogen.shopify.dev/update/june-2024): Apart from these three features announcements, the post starts with a repeated commitment to Remix (aka React Router 7), in case you were wondering.
- 📜 [Astro - Starlight (the Astro-based documentation builder) turns one year old](https://astro.build/blog/starlight-turns-one/): Pretty impressive stats: 24 minor releases, 181 contributors, 2,000 commits, 4,000 GitHub stars, and 2,700 open-source Starlight sites.
- 📜 [Astro - Zero-JavaScript View Transitions](https://astro.build/blog/future-of-astro-zero-js-view-transitions/): Chrome 126 just shipped support for native, app-like animations between page navigation.
- 📜 [The Need for Speed: A Quick Way to Improve React Testing Times](https://www.helpscout.com/blog/improve-react-testing-times/)
- 📜 [Interactive dropdown menus with Radix UI](https://www.joshuawootonn.com/radix-interactive-dropdown)
- 📜 [How to render zoomable image with Shadcn UI and Tailwind CSS in Next.js](https://www.nico.fyi/blog/easy-zoomable-image-with-shadcn-tailwind)
- 📜[Storybook - Interactive story generation](https://storybook.js.org/blog/interactive-story-generation/)
- 📜 [How to Build a Notification System in Next.js with Knock](https://spacejelly.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-notification-system-in-next-js-with-knock)
- 📦 [Code Hike + Remotion example](https://github.com/code-hike/examples/tree/main/with-remotion): Neat combination to create animated code videos (🐦 [Demo video](https://x.com/pomber/status/1800108854459715864?t=8ickNCn-Orou7665JY31VA&s=19)).
- 📦 [@xstate/store 1.0.0](https://github.com/statelyai/xstate/releases/tag/%40xstate%2Fstore%401.0.0)
- 📦 [@tanstack/query 5.44.0](https://github.com/TanStack/query/releases/tag/v5.44.0): Brings a “staleTime” function, e.g. to derive stale time from cache-control headers.
- 🎥 [Theo - React Compiler: It's Stranger Than You Think](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnXGSwrOw80)
- 🎥 [Ben Holmes - The problem with server actions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPYAC1qGD44)
- 🎥 [Jack Herrington - Radix Themes: Awesome New Components For NextJS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKm2XGxbLLM)
- 🎥 [Syntax - What's new in the world of React? - React Conf 2024 Recap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udXZw-9LdOM)


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## 📱 React-Native

This section is authored by [Benedikt](https://twitter.com/bndkt).

- 💸 [WithFrame - Ready to Use React Native Components](https://withfra.me/?utm_source=thisweekinreact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=quick-link--2)
- 👀 [Expo adds experimental React Compiler support](https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/29168)
- 👀 [Expo Router +native-intent Demo](https://github.com/EvanBacon/expo-router-native-intent-demo)
- 🐦 [Skia Video is coming to the web, too](https://x.com/wcandillon/status/1799859456584646663)
- 🐦 [Lorenzo leaving Microsoft and React Native](https://x.com/Kelset/status/1800158749811966280?t=jif1MJRNNYc3wIE1cIUJvw&s=19): Thanks Lorenzo for all your contributions to RN and it’s community as a long-time core maintainer, and best wishes for whatever comes next!
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- 📜 [Now that I can write React Native, what should I test](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/now-that-i-can-write-react-native-what-should-i-test): A beginner’s journey into unit and integration tests with React Native. Next, do end to end testing!
- 📜 [How Starlink built 3d and AR in React Native & Expo](https://www.notjust.dev/blog/react-native-starlink): Summary of Aaron’s talk at App.js conf. Read this if you insist on text, but I’d recommend watching the original talk.
- 📜 [How Belka built the MangaYo! app in just 3 months with Expo](https://expo.dev/blog/how-belka-built-mangayo-app-in-just-3-months-with-expo): Built using Expo and Supabase in 3 months, hit no 5 of the App Store charts on launch.
- 📜 [Flatlist Rendering Techniques](https://www.andydevs.dev/articles/flatlist-rendering-techniques): I mostly reach for FlashList directly, but if you somehow can’t or don’t want to use this, here’s how to optimize rendering of the classic FlatList.
- 📦 [react-native-app-clip 0.3.0 - Now supports Expo 51, RN 0.74, New Architecture, and Apple Pay](https://github.com/bndkt/react-native-app-clip/releases/tag/v0.3.0)
- 📦 [@rn-tools/navigation](https://github.com/ajsmth/rn-tools/blob/main/packages/navigation/readme.md): New set of set of navigation components for React Native.
- 🎙️ [RNR 299 - What to Expect From React Native in 5 Years](https://www.reactnativeradio.com/episodes/rnr-299-what-to-expect-from-react-native-in-5-years)
- 🎙️ [React Conf 2024 Highlights: Speakers Interviews | The React Native Show Podcast #38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2IzK6rPv8)
- 🎥 [Expo livestream - Presenting SDK 51: New Architecture, Router 3.5, Faster 'getting started' flow and more](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1ISWPgP4S4)
- 🎥 [Simon Grimm - Building a Local-First React Native App with PowerSync and Supabase](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvvVGOyRgZg)


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## 🔀 Other

- 📜 [WebKit in Safari 18 beta - View Transitions, Style Queries, WebXR...](https://webkit.org/blog/15443/news-from-wwdc24-webkit-in-safari-18-beta/)
- 📜 [How Deep is Your DOM?](https://frontendatscale.com/blog/how-deep-is-your-dom/)
- 📜 [Find slow interactions in the field](https://web.dev/articles/find-slow-interactions-in-the-field)
- [Your Node is Leaking Memory? setTimeout Could be the Reason](https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2024/6/5/node-timeout/)
- 📜 [Comprehensive guide to JavaScript performance analysis using Chrome DevTools](https://blog.jiayihu.net/comprenhensive-guide-chrome-performance/)
- 📦 [TypeScript 5.5 RC](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-5-5-rc/?t)
- 📦 [Valibot v0.31.0 is finally available](https://valibot.dev/blog/valibot-v0.31.0-is-finally-available/)
- 📦 [Vite 5.3.0-beta.2](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/v5.3.0-beta.2/packages/vite/CHANGELOG.md#530-beta2-2024-06-10)

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## 🤭 Fun

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