React in 2025 with Aurora Scharff
React version 19 has been released! Carl and Richard talk to Aurora Scharff about the long-awaited version of React that incorporates React Server Components and many other features. Aurora talks about the rethink involved in switching to a server-first implementation of a React website, which is best suited for greenfield implementations. For existing React apps, you'll want to look at React Router, which has V7, incorporates Remix features, and provides a bridge between React 18 and 19. Lots of progress from the library that runs Facebook!
Guests:
Aurora Scharff
Aurora Scharff (nee Walburg) is a software developer and Microsoft MVP from Norway with a bachelor's degree in Robotics and Intelligent Systems. She has a solid foundation in engineering mathematics, robotics, algorithms, data structures, and computer architecture. Aurora began her career at a financial technology startup and now serves as a consultant at Crayon Consulting. She focuses on web development and has extensive experience in React and Next.js and active use of React Server Components.
Links:
- 3d Splats https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/19/24345491/gaussian-splats-3d-scanning-scaniverse-niantic
- React v19 https://react.dev/blog/2024/12/05/react-19
- React Server Components https://react.dev/reference/rsc/server-components
- JSX https://legacy.reactjs.org/docs/introducing-jsx.html
- JSX in TypeScript https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html
- React Suspense https://react.dev/reference/react/Suspense
- Sunsetting Create React App https://react.dev/blog/2025/02/14/sunsetting-create-react-app
- Vite https://vite.dev/guide/
- nextjs https://nextjs.org/
- Vercel https://vercel.com/
- NextJS on Azure Static Web Apps https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/static-web-apps/deploy-nextjs-hybrid
- React Router https://reactrouter.com/
- State of React https://stateofreact.com/
- Aurora's Blog https://aurorascharff.no/