Frontend First

React Aria Components

Episode Notes

Sam tells Ryan about his experience building an animated toggle with React Aria Components. He gives his first impressions of the new library and discusses some of functionality included from the lower-level React Aria hooks. Ryan also talks about his recent use of GitHub Copilot.

Topics include:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:15 - Using GitHub Copilot to keep you working at higher levels of abstraction
• 8:15 - react aria components toggle. pressed state. When to use browser defaults vs headless for form inputs.

Links:

• React Aria Components
• Sam’s YouTube video on building an animated toggle
• Build UI Recipe: iOS Animated Switch