902: Fullstack Cloudflare with React and Vite (Redwood SDK)
Wes talks with Peter Pistorius about RedwoodSDK, a new React framework built natively for Cloudflare. They dive into real-time React, server components, zero-cost infrastructure, and why RedwoodSDK empowers developers to ship faster with fewer...
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers
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Wes talks with Peter Pistorius about RedwoodSDK, a new React framework built natively for Cloudflare. They dive into real-time React, server components, zero-cost infrastructure, and why RedwoodSDK empowers developers to ship faster with fewer tradeoffs and more control.
Show Notes- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:52 What is RedwoodSDK?
- 04:49 Choosing openness over abstraction
- 08:46 More setup, more control
- 12:20 Why RedwoodSDK only runs on Cloudflare
- 14:25 What the database setup looks like
- 16:15 Durable Objects explained – Ep 879: Fullstack Cloudflare
- 18:14 Middleware and request flow
- 23:14 No built-in client-side router?
- 24:07 Integrating routers with defineApp
- 26:04 React Server Components and real-time updates
- 29:53 What happened to RedwoodJS?
- 31:14 Why do opinionated frameworks struggle to catch on?
- 34:35 The problem with Lambdas
- 36:16 Cloudflare’s JavaScript runtime compatibility
- 40:04 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 41:44 The vision behind RedwoodSDK
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