Qwik has just the right amount of magic

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

A deep dive into Qwik, how it makes your apps fast by default, and the carefully calibrated amount of “magic” that makes it uniquely powerful.

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Featuring:

• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• Qwik is a new kind of web framework
• Qwik
• Qwik Discord
• Stackblitz Qwik Trial

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Fejezetek

1. It's party time, y'all (00:00:00)

2. Welcoming Misko back to the pod (00:00:55)

3. A quick recap on Qwik (00:01:47)

4. App framework vs content framework (00:04:09)

5. The problem with React (00:06:45)

6. Qwik Listeners (00:10:01)

7. What makes Qwik City unique (00:13:15)

8. Sponsor: Changelog++ (00:17:40)

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9. Qwik is black magic (00:18:35)

10. $ function magic (00:25:40)

11. Optimizer magic (00:26:41)

12. Loader magic (00:28:33)

13. Qwik City vs Remix (00:29:53)

14. Not too much magic tho (00:32:38)

15. Serializing framework state vs app state (00:34:22)

16. Implications of serialization (00:40:04)

17. Challenges when adopting Qwik (00:42:44)

18. Qwik's solution to memory leaks (00:46:35)

19. How to get started (00:48:03)

20. The real value of Qwik (00:48:57)

21. Wrapping Up (00:51:41)

22. Outro (00:52:31)