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The Call Kent Podcast

The Call Kent podcast is a regular podcast where you call in with a question and Kent answers. Call in with your questions right from your web browser with any device at https://kentcdodds.com/call

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7:41

Alfred and/or ScriptKit?

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/11/06

Your thoughts on Alfred and ScriptKit.

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23:22

Why React JS?

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/11/05

We're observing a lot of feedback about React and started to think "why". Why not Svetle or Vue? Why not something else. And it's also inspired by what you have put on the epicreact.dev landing page about why React is awesome. One of the good examples for more context please read: https://dev.to/jfbrennan/really-why-react-5958 Why I Love React The Beginner's Guide to React

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4:28

Bailing out of re-rendering in useState

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/11/05

If useState contains a simple value like string or int, setting a new value that is the same as the existing value will not cause the component to re-render. However, if useState contains an object and I update the state with a new object that contains the exact same values, it will trigger the component to re-render. The React documentation says that is used Object.is to compare values. My 2 objects are identical, so why does the re-render happen? useState lazy initialization and

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8:29

Remix Styling w/CSS in JS

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/11/05

Trying to figure out whether a CSS in JS approach will take a significance performance hit when using Remix, and whether it would be better to stick to remote and plain stylesheets. Also wondering whether Remix has any Babel-like class naming structure, or if there might be support for Babel in the future. Why Remix over other React frameworks? How Remix makes CSS clashes predictable

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7:07

Learning web development the right way

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/11/03

As web developers, we come across a lot of topics and want to build a solid foundation on them. We also need to know what to focus on at certain stages in our journey. Deciding What Not To Learn How to get started with programming Dealing with FOMO How to get experience as a software engineer How to React ⚛️

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3:59

Testing a Drag and Drop Experience

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/11/02

Can I test drag and drop with React Testing library?

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6:17

Protected route and redirect after payment

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/27

Hey Kent,Thanks for the chance to ask you a question. This is about protected route and 3rd party payment flow, ending in a re-direct back to my website. The user would need to re-login again. How to avoid that?Super Simple Start to RemixStop using client-side route redirects

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13:27

Making changes on a new team

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/26

As a designer/developer on a new team, where I'm also the most experienced, but haven't been given the path to recommending change wherever necessary. In other words, I was brought on to be an individual contributor, not specifically a consultant, although it's very obvious in many places that the app lacked a designer, and that the code lacked senior developers. For context, they don't do JavaScript testing because "the team was new when we started and we wanted them to get off and

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8:56

Building an Open Source Website

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/26

We are looking to build an open source website for students of our organization in college. What are some tips that can help with the building and management of such a project.

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7:21

Question about testing alongside RTL

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/25

We use RTL at work and I also use it for personal project. I understand what RTL is and what it isn't. My question is what are you using alongside RTL in terms of frontend testing? At work I'm pondering implementing Visual Regression testing on a large React application to cover things like unwanted CSS changes, but am also afraid of the overhead. Also, have you found any times that unit testing > RTL? Chromatic Storybook Percy.io Applitools The Testing Trophy and Testing

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7:29

Create web components in React

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/22

I wonder if you have any thoughts about creating web components in React.

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6:48

Magic links require timely email delivery

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/20

When relying solely on passwordless magic links for signing users in to your application, you make the timely delivery of these links to people's inboxes a critical dependency for using your app. Though unlikely, it's not impossible that a mail service provider experiences an outage blocking your users for logging in. Less dramatic, but equally likely, your application might get throttled which could cause these login emails to arrive after the included links have already expired. What are

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2:43

Some advice for developers about the design

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/20

I wonder how you created the design for kentcdodds.com.It would be great if some resources or tips are shared. Design for Developers by Sarah Drasner Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger

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5:08

Pricing low-demand workshops

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/20

How should I think about pricing a workshop when demand for it is low? I enjoy the topic so I'm happy to teach it, and I want to be paid fairly for my time, but I don't expect to get much re-sale value out of it.

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6:27

Why XState?

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/19

I see you use XState on your new website. Why and how do you use it? Are there any best practices and pitfalls? Implementing a simple state machine library in JavaScript

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4:48

Forms in React

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/19

What do you use for dealing with forms in React? Improve the Performance of your React Forms

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3:58

How small should components be

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/19

I was wondering how to decide when the html is too trivial to turn into a component. For example turning msg into a component. Maybe it's useful for styled components? Thanks When to break up a component into multiple components

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12:46

Using Fly.io Replays

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/18

Finding out more about the best places to use Fly.io's request replays, when to use it and when not to use it. How I built a modern website in 2021

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7:24

Why is forwardRef required to limit re-renders?

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/18

In the "Fix perf death by a thousand cuts" exercise in the Epic React Performance workshop, extra credit 3 "write an HOC to get a slice of app state": why is forwarding the ref in the HOC required to actually prevent all the Cells from re-rendering? 06.extra-3.js Production deploy of that example

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14:08

Traditional logins vs. passwordless magic links

The Call Kent Podcast ·

2021/10/14

Your website currently uses magic links to sign in users. This seems to be a completely secure method of authentication, yet is still quite uncommon compared to the traditional username + password combo's. Why do you think that is? If it's just as secure, or perhaps more secure, how can we improve adoption of this method? How I built a modern website in 2021 (I've got a section in here that describes the auth flow)

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