127: Jonathan Reinink - Building Modern Monoliths with Inertia.js

In this episode, Adam talks to Jonathan Reinink about Inertia.js, a new framework he recently released that lets you build single page applications with Vue, React, or Svelte, without having to give up the productivity benefits of traditional server-side development workflows using tools like Laravel or Rails.

Show Notes

Topics include:

• What Inertia.js is and what problem it solves
• Why Inertia is more like a protocol than a framework
• How navigation works in Inertia
• How form submissions work in Inertia
• How Inertia automatically updates your assets for visitors when you update your code
• Handling flash messages and validation errors work
• Building applications with persistent layouts
• Showing placeholder screens with Inertia while data is loading

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Links:

• Inertia.js
• Inertia.js on GitHub
• Ping CRM, the canonical Inertia.js demo application
• Placeholder components in Inertia.js
• Sponsor Jonathan's work on Inertia on GitHub

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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.