TWiR (This Week in React) is a weekly newsletter providing updates, announcements, and community highlights from the React programming language ecosystem. Covering topics such as new library releases, community events, and React-related news, TWiR offers insights for React developers and enthusiasts. Subscribers can stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the React community, discover new tools and projects, and engage with the vibrant React ecosystem through TWiR's weekly summaries.

This Week In React

Weekly roundup covering React and React Native ecosystem news. Key highlights: Base UI becomes the default headless library in shadcn, replacing Radix; Vinext 1.0 Beta brings Next.js on Vite from Cloudflare; React Native 0.87 RC removes many deprecated APIs in a major cleanup; React Navigation 8 progress report introduces Suspense-enabled navigation and data loaders. TypeScript 7.0 officially launches with up to 16x faster type-checking via a Go port. ES2026 is officially approved by Ecma International, and HTTP gains a new QUERY method as an IETF Proposed Standard. Numerous library releases across both ecosystems are also covered.

This Week In React #289: Base UI, shadcn, Vinext, Next.js WS, ChatGPT, Takumi, Shaders, Unlayer Elements

This Week In React 289: Base UI, shadcn, Vinext, Next.js WS, ChatGPT, Takumi, Shaders, Unlayer Elements | RN cleanup, Navigation, Agents, Sniffler, Metro, Tapflow, ADK, Voltra, WebView, Iso, Audio | TypeScript, ES2026, HTTP QUERY, Node.js
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Things are relatively calm on the React side this week, but it’s still worth highlighting Base UI becoming the default headless lib in shadcn, and Vinext getting close to production-ready.
On the mobile side, React Native 0.87 went full Marie Kondo. We also have a nice preview of React Navigation 8 and the relentless stream of AI tooling updates.
TypeScript 7.0 is out, and it’s 10x faster. Ecma has officially approved ES2026, and HTTP is finally getting its long-awaited QUERY method.