React: Exciting Innovations in 2025!

PAPAFAM Newsletter #162

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Frontend in 2025: Trends Shaping Development

First teased in the React Labs February 2024 post, React 19 has been cooking for long enough (and in beta for 8 months) there’s already a wealth of content out there, like the React 19 upgrade guide, an explanation of the compiler, cheat sheets, and a roundup of what’s new in React 19. It’s here, and it’s time to re-explore Actions, the new hooks, use, Server Components, and more.

The State of JavaScript 2024 Results

We recently encouraged you to take the annual State of JavaScript survey; the results are now out. 14,015 folks took part and we get to see what language features folks are using, experiences with popular libraries, build tool popularity, AI preferences, popular podcasts, runtime usage, and perhaps controversially, how more JavaScript developers are using TypeScript than not.

Next.js 15.1: Now Officially Supporting React 19

As (almost) the de facto React framework, it’s no surprise a Next.js release quickly followed the React 19 announcement. As well as React 19 support, there are improvements for debugging errors (shown in this post), after() is now stable, and forbidden() and unauthorized() are two new experimental ways to trigger 403 and 401 errors.

console.delight

Who doesn't use and love console.log? This article shows us the browser console is not merely for printing plain text, but can be used to render things like SVGs and HTML.

JavaScript's ??= Operator: Default Values Made Simple

The ??= nullish coalescing assignment operator snuck into JavaScript a few years ago via ES2021 and has been broadly supported almost everywhere for ages. Trevor showed off how it can tighten up your assignments.

Termo: An Easy to Use Terminal Control for Websites

If you want to offer a terminal emulator style feature on your site (maybe for advanced users, to enhance your docs, or even just as an easter egg), Termo enhances Xterm.js and presents a slick experience.

Build a Ticket Marketplace SaaS App in Next.js 15!

In this video, you'll learn how to build a Ticketing Marketplace SAAS App from scratch with Next.js 15, ReactJS, Stripe Connect, Convex, Clerk and more!

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Our Book Recommendation For You

Most people think success comes from good luck or enormous talent, but many successful people achieve their accomplishments in a simpler way: through self-discipline. Brian Tracy knows this firsthand. He didn’t graduate from high school, and after working for a few years as a laborer, he realized he had limited skills and a limited future...Read More