Redux, React, and Functional JavaScript (Changelog Interviews #187)

Dan Abramov, creator of Redux, joined the show to talk about his path to becoming a programmer, his introduction to open source, React, JavaScript, functional programming in JavaScript, his thoughts on looking outside of your bubble to other ecosystems and borrowing/sharing what you can.

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Featuring:

• Dan Abramov – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• [Guest idea] Dan Abramov (Redux) · Issue #317 · thechangelog/ping
• Redux Homepage and Docs
• rackt/redux
• “We do not need another Flux framework. We have about 50,000 Flux frameworks.” – @rookieone on #BeyondCode
• Getting Started with Redux Course by Dan Abramov on Egghead.io
• Relay | A JavaScript framework for building data-driven React applications
• Flux | Application Architecture for Building User Interfaces
• By any means necessary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Dan Abramov - Live React: Hot Reloading with Time Travel at react-europe 2015 - YouTube
• acdlite/flummox
• omcljs/om
• David Nolen (@swannodette) on GitHub
• Elm
• Middleware | Redux
• Richard Feldman (@rtfeldman) on GitHub
• The Changelog #151: Rust with Steve Klabnik and Yehuda Katz
• Hero: Jordan Walke (@jordwalke) on Twitter
• Hero: Sebastian Markbåge (@sebmarkbage) on Twitter
• Hero: Steve Klabnik (@steveklabnik) on Twitter
• RLRT: Nice interview by @changelog about #rustlang - could give it a try in the following weeks :)

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