Dan Abramov - Live React: Hot Reloading with Time Travel at react-europe 2015

Why HN readers recommended it

Seen as the canonical Redux introduction and a model live-coding talk about better developer tools.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

ReactEurope

Topic

react hot reloading and redux

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

12

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Not a readable resource, but I feel it is worth the exception - Watch Dan Abramov's talk [1] about Redux (Reducers + Flux). Gives great insight into his motivation for creating React Hot Loader and Redux. +1 for Dan (aka Gaearon) being an excellent developer …

• Dan Abramov's talk on Redux and hot loader at ReactEurope really nails live coding for maximum effect: [VIDEO] His presentation is web-based, so his live coding interacts with his "slide-ware", e.g. changing slides is accomplished by setting application state.

• One of my favourites I watched recently was Dan Abramov introducing React hot loading, Redux and Redux Dev Tools in the same 30 minute talk: [VIDEO]