A returning champion to React Wednesdays, Michael Labriola (@mlabriola on Twitter) dove right into how React contexts work, and how frameworks such as Redux have tackled the associated complexities, allowing you to realize the benefits with few of the drawbacks.
The advent of React contexts provided new opportunities to share data within areas of an application but it was not without challenges. Developers quickly discovered that contexts can have performance implications leaving many wondering if it was all worth the effort.
React All-Day is a long-format stream of fun and learning with React experts, and live coding from familiar names and faces from around the React world! Eight awesome guests covered eight exciting topics from sessions on testing, data management, full-stack frameworks to programming concepts, and more.