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Β· 13 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

Things are relatively calm on the React side this week, but it's still worth highlighting Base UI becoming the default headless lib in shadcn, and Vinext getting close to production-ready.

On the mobile side, React Native 0.87 went full Marie Kondo. We also have a nice preview of React Navigation 8 and the relentless stream of AI tooling updates.

TypeScript 7.0 is out, and it's 10x faster. Ecma has officially approved ES2026, and HTTP is finally getting its long-awaited QUERY method.

Enjoy!

Β· 13 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

This week, the Next.js 16.3 preview makes the headlines, while the React Compiler remains a hot topic.

On the React Native side, Expo unexpectedly shipped a new SDK.

Let's dive in!

Β· 11 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

This week, we're shining a spotlight on the upcoming React Fragment ref feature. We also have React Compiler updates, StyleX community discussions and a boring React Router release.

On the React Native side, Renimated gets CSS pseudo-selector support and widget libraries gain momentum. VisionCamera unlocks new real-time processing capabilities with impressive demos.

Let's dive in!

Β· 13 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

This week, the React Compiler in Rust is rolling out, and early adopters have already reported significant speedups.

React Native 0.86 finally came out with edge-to-edge fixes in core. It’s retro-compatible, and Expo SDK 56 should be able to upgrade.

Let's dive in!

Β· 13 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

This week, we’re taking a look at the new React Foundation website, as the React core repositories transition to their new home. All eyes on the React Compiler in Rust, coming soon in your everyday toolchain.

React Native 0.86 is almost here, but releases apparently like to land on Wednesday evenings πŸ˜… so we’ll cover it next week. Let’s focus on React Native Runtimes instead, a quite interesting multi-threading innovation.

Cloudflare has acquired VoidZero, and npm v12 will officially block postinstall scripts by default in July, improving our supply chain security.

Let's dive in!

Β· 11 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

This week we have great deep dive blog posts about data fetching (TanStack vs Next.js) and performance (GitHub and Linear).

On the React Native side, Expo dropped a major SDK with Expo UI stable. Reanimated leverages the shared animation backend and improves CSS animations on iOS.

Supply chain security remains an important topic. npm introduced staged publishing workflows, and will block postinstall scripts by default in the near future.

Let's dive in!

Β· 11 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

It looks like security is going to be a hot topic this year! πŸ˜…
More packages are being compromised, and blog posts are also covering recent RSC vulnerabilities.
Maybe we’re reaching a tipping point, and better security practices will consolidate this year.

On the React Native side, Hermes-node is quite exciting, although it’s very early.

An exciting TC39 meeting is currently underway, and several proposals have already progressed.
Yarn and npm are improving on the security side.
Bun and pnpm are being ported to Rust.

Let's dive in!

Β· 12 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

This week, security is making headlines, as two major React frameworks have announced vulnerabilities and compromised npm packages!

William Candillon unveiled his secret project: a new set of 2D primitives for React Native and the web.

It’s also an exciting week full of interesting releases all around the JS ecosystem!

Let's dive in!

Β· 10 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

It’s another quiet week in React, but there’s still plenty of interesting links to check out about the TanStack and powerful new Remotion capabilities.

React Native had a busier week, with a diverse mix of releases, great articles, and ecosystem updates.

Let's dive in!

Β· 13 min read
SΓ©bastien Lorber
Newsletter creator - Docusaurus maintainer
Jan Jaworski
React Native Developer

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here πŸ‘‹!

This week we finally have an experimental version of TanStack RSC! A new React DoS vulnerability affects Server Functions, so you probably need to upgrade React again. There are also important releases from the MUI team, and Styled Components is still alive!

On the React Native side, we got a new universal Haptics library, and a much faster fetch alternative. We heard VisionCamera 5 is around the corner.

Let's dive in!