The history of reactivity
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A historical overview of reactivity in JavaScript tracing how observables fell out of favor after React's rise a decade ago and how signals are now being adopted into the JavaScript standard. The talk compares past and present reactive technologies, examines what has changed over time, and offers short-term predictions for where reactivity in the ecosystem is headed.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:12What is reactivity
- 4:02Imperative vs reactivity
- 8:55TC39 signals proposal
- 12:28Reactivity in 2010
- 16:18React’s frontend impact
- 23:59Debugging patterns
- 31:09Redux vs MobX 2015
- 35:45Async with Redux
- 40:03Solid and reactive libs
- 42:49Signals standardization
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