264 React with Netflix
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We're React-ing to a discussion with 3 developers at Netflix about React. Why did Netflix choose React? We also cover the reason behind Netflix's obsession with A/B testing?
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Time Jumps
- 5:00 What is React and what makes it compelling for Netflix?
- 8:05 What are the conditions for ending an A/B test?
- 10:02 Are you doing component swapping or micro text swapping? And why is React good for that?
- 12:10 What's the React stew at Netflix?
- 13:10 Do you use router? Do you use Redux?
- 14:20 Should people looking to work at Netflix learn React?
- 17:00 Is the buy in for React too high to change away from it if needed?
- 18:30 Even if you could prove Svelte to be better, it'd be hard to convince Netflix to change wouldn't it?
- 20:01 What's React native?
- 21:12 Is it a split code base or is it a shared base?
- 25:15 What's the world of writing code for TV?
- 27:10 Is the markup decent?
- 29:01 What about styling?
- 33:30 Is changing a style later a headache in React?
- 36:03 Dave's issues with loading Netflix on his Xbox One
- 39:10 Is the future going to be rough for React with cheaper, smaller devices with less memory and CPU?
- 42:39 Do we need to be worrying about React Fiber?
- 48:15 Is there QA for days before you ship stuff at Netflix?
- 48:50 Who else is using React well these days?
- 50:00 Would you say that the role of a front-end developer should now include the ability to use JS frameworks?
- 55:40 What should I do for the future?
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