Sébastien Lorber

Hi everyone, Seb and Jan here 👋!

This week, RedwoodSDK 1.0 dropped, and other meta-frameworks improved their SSR performance. A bunch of content related to Async React and the TanStack too!

On the React Native side, Expo UI support for Jetpack Compose is quite exciting. A new animation library could also be an interesting alternative to Reanimated CSS transitions.

Temporal has finally reached stage 4! We also have great announcements from the Vue.js conf that remain relevant for React developers, notably Vite 8.

Let's dive in!

Hi everyone!

This week is rather quiet in the React world, so we took a step back on Vinext, found great community blog posts, and weak signals.

On the React Native side, let’s welcome our new author, Jan Jaworski, who covered the new Expo SDK and the State of React Native survey results, among many other things.

Let's dive in!

Hi everyone!

Huge thanks ❤️ — we just hit #1 resource on the State of React 2025 survey. Wild.

This week leans heavily into TanStack and Next.js content, plus a few notable releases worth your time.

On mobile, Hermes is clearly ramping up, and ByteDance just lowered the barrier to building Lynx apps.

Let’s dive in.

Hi everyone!

This week, we have a good variety of React content, with great community articles and various releases. Many generative UI solutions are emerging, and I’m curious to better understand how they differ from one another.

React Native 0.84 just dropped, and Gesture Handler 3 is in beta. Expo SDK 55 should also be out soon.

Hi everyone!

You’ll have to get used to it: yet another week filled with AI content. From MCPs to Agent Skills to AI-specific CLIs, we don’t know where to turn anymore.

We’re delighted to be ranked once again among the top 5 newsletters in the State of JavaScript 2025 survey. Thanks for your trust!

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Hi everyone!

This week, the community continued to publish React-related Agent skills. React RSCs and Next.js are hit by another set of DoS vulnerabilities, and it’s recommended to upgrade immediately.

The React Native side is more exciting, with Expo SDK 55 in beta and upcoming support for new CSS features. We now have 2 distinct libraries implementing home screen widgets, and need to understand the trade-offs of each approach.

Hi everyone!

This week, we saw a lot of activity on X about the new AI skills system. Personally, what excited me most is the new Firefox release that unlocks interesting things for React developers.

The React Native ecosystem is also super active, with many interesting releases. And I’m sure Expo 55 beta will drop just after we send our email 😅, so make sure to check their blog because it’s coming soon.

Hi everyone!

This week, it remains important for me to raise awareness about the React Server Components vulnerability, since an exploit is now widely available. Thankfully, we also have more positive React news!

It’s even hotter on the React Native side. We were patiently waiting for 0.83 to publish 😇 and it’s now out. You can now use <Activity> in React Native 🔥. Reanimated 4.2 is also out with Shared Elements Transition support 🔥.

It’s the survey season, don’t forget to answer the 2 most important ones that are currently open:

• State of React
• State of React Native

Hi everyone!

A major React 19 Server Functions vulnerability has just been disclosed. Make sure to upgrade your React 19 or meta-framework ASAP!

On the mobile side, we have more positive news: RNRepo should speed up our React Native builds even more, and Shared Elements Transitions are coming soon! (unlike React Native 1.0 😅)

Don’t forget to answer the State of React 2025 survey while it’s still open!

Hi everyone, Seb here! 👋

It's been another quiet week in the ecosystem, probably because everyone was afraid to announce anything during the massive Cloudflare outage! By the way, this one was not caused by useEffect 😆!

We have a good variety of interesting links, but I’m not sure what could be the headline. The most important news was probably the announcement of the upcoming CSS grid support in Yoga and React Native, but it’s still a draft PR for now. Also excited by the TC39 proposals progressing.

Make sure to take the State of React 2025 survey, which just opened today!