Episode 79
79: Kent C. Dodds - Building Reusable React Components with Render Props
In this episode, Adam talks to Kent C. Dodds about building "downshift", a React autocomplete component he designed for experiences he needed to build at PayPal.
December 21, 201751m 6s
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Show Notes
Kent gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the library uses the render prop pattern to allow maximum customizability without complex configuration.
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Links:
- downshift on GitHub
- "Introducing downshift for React" from Kent's blog
- "Use a Render Prop!" post by Michael Jackson
- "Compound Components" talk by Ryan Florence
- match-sorter, Kent's best-match sorting library
- Awesome React Render Props
- react-toggled, Kent's toggle component library
- Kent's newsletter
- "Learn React Fundamentals and Advanced Patterns", blog post introducing Kent's React courses
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