79: Kent C. Dodds - Building Reusable React Components with Render Props

In this episode, Adam talks to Kent C. Dodds about building "downshift", a React autocomplete component he designed for experiences he needed to build at PayPal.

Show Notes

Kent gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the library uses the render prop pattern to allow maximum customizability without complex configuration.

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Links:

• downshift on GitHub
• "Introducing downshift for React" from Kent's blog
• "Use a Render Prop!" post by Michael Jackson
• "Compound Components" talk by Ryan Florence
• match-sorter, Kent's best-match sorting library
• Awesome React Render Props
• react-toggled, Kent's toggle component library
• Kent's newsletter
• "Learn React Fundamentals and Advanced Patterns", blog post introducing Kent's React courses

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A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.