Robert Balicki - Isograph, Relay, and the Future of Data Fetching in React

Robert Balicki - Isograph, Relay, and the Future of Data Fetching in React

Author: Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett February 26, 2024 Duration: 1:09:48

This week, we have Robert Balicki on the show to talk about Isograph, a new data fetching framework for React. Robert has worked on the Relay team at Meta (formerly Facebook) and is currently at Pinterest helping them adopt Relay. We talk about the differences between Isograph and Relay, the future of data fetching and web development, and the journey to make Isograph production ready. Could Isograph be the future of data fetching in React? Listen to find out!

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