Vue or React? (with CJ from Syntax)

Alex is accompanied by the wonderful CJ Reynolds in this episode of DejaVue. The Senior Creator at Syntax.fm brings not only Vue experience but also a history of Angular JS and React, as well as various other technologies.

The two content creators talk about how CJ became a senior creator at the well-known Syntax.fm podcast and how it is different from Streaming on Twitch and his previous content creation processes. Further, CJ gives insights on how the Denver Vue meetup evolved (now the DenverScript meetup) and shares some hopes when it comes to the meetup scene.

Alex and CJ then discuss more technical topics - for example why CJ never fully switched over to Vue but still writes it a lot. The discussion eventually goes into comparisons between Vue and React, highlighting what Vue does "better" than React and how the Vue ecosystem shapes the web development work.

Enjoy the episode!

Our Guest

CJ Reynolds

• Own Website
• Syntax Website
• Twitch
• YouTube (Coding Carden)
• YouTube (Syntax.fm)
• BlueSky
• Twitter

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (00:47) - How CJ joined the podcast
• (01:38) - How did you become the Senior Creator at Syntax.fm do?
• (06:00) - Differences to previous gigs and streaming
• (12:17) - From starting with web development to Vue.js
• (15:54) - Running the Vue Denver meetup
• (19:25) - Is the meetup scene growing again?
• (21:13) - Why didn't you switch fully to React?
• (23:49) - What Vue does "better" than React
• (27:01) - Two-way data binding
• (31:35) - How opinionated is Vue
• (32:58) - Vue without a build step
• (35:01) - Does Vue "seem" too magical?
• (36:07) - "Needing" a meta framework?
• (38:50) - Nuxt and the UnJS packages
• (41:01) - Frameworks converging
• (41:55) - Vue did Signals "first"
• (42:58) - Is Vue bad at marketing?
• (44:40) - Vue Job market
• (45:40) - Vue and Innovation
• (46:59) - Vue being left out of the conversation
• (50:52) - What stops from switching to Vue?
• (53:52) - The change to Vue 3 and the Composition API
• (01:02:38) - VueUse as a good example
• (01:03:26) - Composition API without script setup
• (01:05:56) - Where people can follow CJ
• (01:06:34) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

• Get 15% OFF for your Vue Toronto ticket with code DEJAVUE *

• Syntax Podcast
• DenverScript
• immer
• Immutable.js
• petite-vue
• Episode 16 - The Future of Vue.js (with Evan You)
• vinxi
• Episode 30 - Pinia and Data Loaders (with Eduardo San Martin Morote)
• Vue Data Loaders
• Nitro
• Interview with Evan You about VoidZero
• Syntax Video Series -  React vs Vue
• Headless UI
• FormKit
• Organizing Code when using the Composition API

Your Host

Alexander Lichter

• BlueSky
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Twitch
• Website

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