--- title: "The React Conf 2019 videos are here" publication: "React Status" issue: 163 published_at: "2019-11-06" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/163" --- This week's React news #163 — November 6, 2019 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/163) React Status Your weekly React news digest, every Wednesday [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/v1573057952/ycmrhixpkshagpwbharu.png)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPxbbTqCLbGHPxZpw4xj_Wwg8-fdNxJRh#reactconfvideos) ▶[The React Conf 2019 Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPxbbTqCLbGHPxZpw4xj_Wwg8-fdNxJRh#reactconfvideos) — Last week we linked to the raw recordings of React Conf 2019, but now the separated, finished recordings are available for you to enjoy. Here’s a playlist, but if you want some highlights: - [Building a Custom React Renderer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGpMlWVcHok&list=PLPxbbTqCLbGHPxZpw4xj_Wwg8-fdNxJRh&index=8&t=0s) with Sophie Alpert. - [Building the New Facebook with React and Relay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JZHodNR184&list=PLPxbbTqCLbGHPxZpw4xj_Wwg8-fdNxJRh&index=4&t=0s) with Frank Yan, and then [part two](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT3XKDBZW7M&list=PLPxbbTqCLbGHPxZpw4xj_Wwg8-fdNxJRh&index=4) with Ashley Watkins. - [Why React is Eating the World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRAavzrjh7g&list=PLPxbbTqCLbGHPxZpw4xj_Wwg8-fdNxJRh&index=26&t=0s) with Adam Wolff. - [Data Fetching with Suspense in Relay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl0S7QkxFE4&list=PLPxbbTqCLbGHPxZpw4xj_Wwg8-fdNxJRh&index=15&t=0s) with Joe Savona. ReactConf [How to Enable React Concurrent Mode](https://kentcdodds.com/blog/how-to-enable-react-concurrent-mode) — Concurrent Mode (as featured in [last week’s issue](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/162)) is an enormous improvement for performance. Here’s how you enable it and get started. Kent C Dodds [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/189aa059.png)](https://frontendmasters.com/learn/javascript/) [⭐️ Master Writing Modern, Professional JavaScript](https://frontendmasters.com/learn/javascript/) — Take your JavaScript to the next level to find out what it is fully capable of with this comprehensive learning path. Frontend Masters sponsor [React Hook Form vs. Formik: A Technical and Performance Comparison](https://blog.logrocket.com/react-hook-form-vs-formik-a-technical-and-performance-comparison/) — An overview of the technical and performance differences between Formik and React Hook Form, a relatively new Hooks-based React form builder. Siegfried Grimbeek [Building a Drag and Drop List](https://baseweb.design/blog/drag-and-drop-list/) — What goes into building a drag and drop component in 2019? Vojtech Miksu 💻 Jobs [React Developer at X-Team (Remote)](https://x-team.com/remote-react-developer-jobs/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email-ad&utm_campaign=react) — Work with the world's leading brands, from anywhere. Travel the world while being part of the most energizing community of developers. X-Team [Find a Job Through Vettery](https://www.vettery.com/tech?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=cooper-reactstatus&utm_term=tech&utm_content=grouped&utm_campaign=ad-77585) — Vettery specializes in tech roles and is completely free for job seekers. Create a profile to get started. Vettery 📘 Tutorials and Stories [Simplifying Apollo Client Local Cache with React Hooks](https://spin.atomicobject.com/2019/11/05/simplifying-apollo-client-local-cache/) — Apollo Client local cache is powerful, but complex. Utilizing custom React hooks and Apollo Client cache simplifies the interphase and makes data fetching more effective. Andy Peterson [An Interview with Yuzhi Zheng](https://medium.com/react-community-stories/interview-with-yuzhi-zheng-be67a91599fe) — The first in a series of _React Community Stories_ which features interviews with ‘folks behind the scenes who make the React community truly awesome.’ Rachel Nabors [Learn How to Build a Sales Dashboard with React](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/lets-build-a-sales-dashboard-with-react?utm_medium=cpm&utm_source=reactstatus&utm_campaign=kendo-ui-react-blog-sales-dashboard&utm_content=sponsored-link) — Follow along as we mock-up, design and lay out a sales dashboard using a responsive data grid, charts and more. Progress KendoReact sponsor ▶[Strongly Typing `useReducer` with TypeScript](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BfwPyrFZzA) Carl Rippon [Six Tools for Debugging React Native](https://www.sitepoint.com/tools-for-debugging-react-native/) — The most commonly used debugging tools in the React Native ecosystem, starting with the Developer Menu. Said Hayani ▶[How to Upload Files in Node & React with Formidable in 30 Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCfvuMRsxE) Merunas Grincalaitis 🔧 Code and Tools [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/v1573057386/yhrrvxcfizvvabkqd6dh.png)](https://github.com/braposo/react-text-loop) [react-text-loop: Animate Words in Your Headings](https://github.com/braposo/react-text-loop) — Could be useful for landing pages where you want to have different strings rotating in a heading. [Live demo here](https://codesandbox.io/s/react-text-loop-playground-br4q1). Bernardo Raposo [VSCode Glean: A VS Code Extension for Refactoring React Code](https://github.com/wix/vscode-glean) — Extract JSX into new components, convert functions to components (or, yes, stateful components to functional ones!), and more. Wix [FastImage: A Performant React Native Image Component](https://github.com/DylanVann/react-native-fast-image) — A replacement for `Image` that has better image loading performance, no flickering, and supports niceties like GIFs and rounded corners. Dylan Vann [Sell Your Managed Services and APIs to Millions of Developers](https://www.manifold.co/?utm_source=react_status&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=nov6) Manifold sponsor [A Suspense Demonstration Project](https://github.com/gaearon/suspense-experimental-github-demo) — A sample project built with Suspense to demonstrate render-as-you-fetch. Dan Abramov [Peacock: Visually Distinguish Your VS Code Windows](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=johnpapa.vscode-peacock&wt.mc_id=twitter-social-jopapa#peacockpapa) — If you have multiple VS Code instances running, this extension lets you set a different color scheme for each so they’re more easily identifiable. Visual Studio Marketplace [React Checkbox Tree: A Component for a Tree of Checkboxes](https://jakezatecky.github.io/react-checkbox-tree/) — For selecting items within a filesystem or category tree, say. Jake Zatecky A **[Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/)** publication. [Change your email address](https://react.statuscode.com/edit_subscription/*|UID|*) or[Stop getting this newsletter](https://react.statuscode.com/leave/*|UID|*) © Cooper Press Ltd · Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, United Kingdom