A Solid primer on Signals

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Ryan Carniato joins Amal & Nick to discuss Solid with a major focus on Signals, which are the cornerstone of reactivity in Solid.

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Featuring:

• Ryan Carniato – GitHub, X
• Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Solid JS
• Solid/Signals
• The Signals Proposal
• Solid’s Discord
• Ryan’s YouTube

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Chương

1. It's party time, y'all (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Clerk (00:00:39)

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3. !JavaScript Party (00:03:59)

4. Getting to know Ryan (00:05:39)

5. Getting to know Solid (00:10:19)

6. Sponsor: CrabNebula Cloud (00:19:52)

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7. The Solid compiler (00:22:56)

8. Ryan explains Signals (00:39:29)

9. Signals, Signals Everywhere (00:42:44)

10. Who is Signals for? (00:46:43)

11. Signals side effects (00:53:03)

12. Signals and SSR (00:56:33)

13. Framework perf shenanigans (00:59:00)

14. Sponsor: Speakeasy (01:05:04)

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15. Signals convergance (01:09:15)

16. Real-world use-cases (01:11:14)

17. Adoption barriers (01:17:20)

18. ONE thing to know (01:23:47)

19. Connecting with Ryan (01:25:47)

20. Thank youz! (01:26:33)

21. Next up on the pod (01:27:06)