DEV Community: Kent C. Dodds

🎙 Introducing the new "Chats with Kent" podcast! 🎉

Kent C. Dodds — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:49:12 +0000

I've always loved podcasting. I started Angular Air, JavaScript Air, React30, and 3 Minutes With Kent. I'm not really active with any of these anymore, and I've missed having interesting conversations with interesting people.

That's why I've started the Chats with Kent C. Dodds podcast. It's an awesome place where I talk with interesting people about interesting topics and you leave with key takeaways that you can apply to help you improve your life, career, and development skills.

In a true Netflix-style release, I've published the entire 1st season of 14 episodes today! Go binge to your heart's content!

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What's hard about React Hooks for you?

Kent C. Dodds — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 16:07:38 +0000

As you've been using/learning about React Hooks, what have been the hardest parts for you? #discuss

What do you think of React Testing Library?

Kent C. Dodds — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:59:49 +0000

I wrote React Testing Library about a year and a half ago because I was teaching testing workshops and I wasn't happy with enzyme. I felt like there was so much I had to tell people to not use in enzyme (like the API was some kind of mine field). So I created React Testing Library and I've been very happy with it.

I'd love to hear what others think. And have you had a chance to use any other members of the Testing Library Family, like DOM Testing Library, Cypress Testing Library, Vue Testing Library, etc? I'd love to hear your thoughts on that too!

Read the React Hooks docs (again)

Kent C. Dodds — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:18:21 +0000

I was reading the React Hooks docs again yesterday and noticed that they've improved since the last time I reviewed them. I get a lot of questions from people about React Hooks, (and understandably so, there's a bit of a learning curve) and so many of the questions are answered in the React Hooks documentation (especially the FAQ) or by searching "hook" on my blog.

So if it's been a while, give the docs another look. You'll definitely learn something new! Then come back here and comment on what it was you learned 😉 let's learn together.