Picking a React Framework
summary
Recommendation: move off Create React App for real projects and use Vite for tiny migration cost and dramatic dev-speed gains, because Vite pre-bundles deps and serves native ESM so cold starts and HMR are far faster. For full apps prefer Next 13 or Remix: Next uses swc (Rust), promises turbo pack, and recently surpassed CRA in npm downloads; both support server-side data via react server components so data fetches run on the server, reduce shipped JS, and replace client fetch boilerplate.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction to React frameworks
- 1:05Why Create React App is outdated
- 3:10Modern JavaScript tooling shift
- 6:05Vite as Create React App alternative
- 15:18Audience poll on frameworks
- 17:06Static-focused frameworks overview
- 23:43Next.js vs Remix comparison
- 26:11React Server Components in Next.js
- 36:30Server-side rendering benefits
- 41:26Redwood and framework funding
- 45:13Final recommendations and Q&A
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