React 18: Benefits

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After the release of React18, In this talk, I would walk through the major feature releases which impact Dev’s life directly during and after the upgrade. This talk is not about how to upgrade from 17 to 18. Rather it is about what React18 brings on to the table. The talk would also focus on some additional features like automatic batching, performance checks with metrics, Suspense, and new API dive-in.

02 Dec, 2022
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