Discussion. React 18. The good parts

React 18 on everyone's lips. The program committee decided to join the hot topic. We will discuss new features, discuss the direction of React development and try to answer the question of whether React is still relevant to use in 2022.

Participants:

Alexey Raspopov (Noteable)
Khrystyna Landvytovych (SoftServe)
Oleksii Levzhynskyi (Grammarly)
Inna Ivashchuk (GlobalLogic)
Sergey Shmyg (TVBEAT)
Andrii Sierkov (Wix Engineering)

Sergey Shmyg

TVBEAT

Frontend developer with 10 years of experience (was creating Pixel Perfect layout, and IE6 compatible when it was cool)
He likes working with React and its ecosystem and automating everything he can (even playing lotto)
In his spare time solves problems on resources such as Codewars
The motto is Never back down
Twitter, GitHub

Oleksii Levzhynskyi

Area Tech Lead at Superhuman (formerly Grammarly)

Has over 15 years of experience in front-end development using a wide range of technologies
Has been working at Superhuman (formerly Grammarly) for more than 10 years, building web applications used daily by millions of users
In his free time, speaks at conferences, writes technical articles, and contributes to Focal — a reactive state management framework

Alexey Raspopov

Noteable

Senior Software Engineer at Noteable.
Developer with more than 10 years of experience.
Specializes in UX, DX, frontend tools and concepts, and data visualization.
Likes to find new ideas and practices in other technologies and languages.
Twitter, GitHub

Andrii Sierkov

Wix Engineering

Frontend Developer, Team Lead
Believes that Soft Skills as important as Hard Skills
Studies psychology in his spare time and applies it in his main job
Organised YGLF and meet-ups
Mentored students in training programs
LinkedIn, Medium