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Creating reusable components with Cory House
Want to know how to create a reusable component you can actually reuse? Cory House, founder and principal consultant at reactjsconsulting.com, comes on to talk about how to create reusable components, and how to create effective design systems and reusable component libraries. Links https://twitter.com/housecor https://www.bitnative.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryhouse https://www.reactjsconsulting.com https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/cory-house https://github.com/coryhouse https://stackoverflow.com/users/26180/cory-house https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7YstJ5eF8g&ab_channel=CoryHouse Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card! If you’re interested, schedule a call with us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com (mailto:kate@logrocket.com) Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! What does LogRocket do? LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) Special Guest: Cory House.
Deno 2.0, Astro 3.0, and local-first web
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ES13 and the future of JavaScript with Christina Zhu
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Micro-frontends with Natalia Venditto (Repeat)
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ICYMI: Figma with Dylan Field
This episode was originally published on December 7th, 2022. In this repeat episode picked by PodRocket host Sean Rayment, CEO and Co-Founder of Figma, Dylan Field, joins us to talk about the collaborative design tool, the importance of design, and more. Links https://twitter.com/zoink https://twitter.com/figma https://www.figma.com Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card! If you’re interested, schedule a call with us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com (mailto:kate@logrocket.com) Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! What does LogRocket do? LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) Special Guest: Dylan Field.
Local-first web with Kyle Simpson
Kyle “Getify” Simpson, human-centric technologist, comes on to talk about the argument for the future of the local-first web. Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/getify https://me.getify.com https://github.com/getify https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwNXpak4tM&ab Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card! If you’re interested, schedule a call with us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com (mailto:kate@logrocket.com) Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! What does LogRocket do? LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr)