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Matt Pocock

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Jul 14

@Mappletons

just finished Drawing the Invisible: https://egghead.io/talks/javascript-drawing-the-invisible-react-explained-in-five-visual-metaphors… It was wonderful! I had to force myself to stick with it to the end because I immediately wanted to tab out and start making TypeScript metaphors ❤️

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Drawing the Invisible: React Explained in Five Visual Metaphors

A guide to the fundamentals of React explained through five visual metaphors. From component trees to state, Maggie explains the analogies and metaphorical comparisons that helped her "get" React for...

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So glad you enjoyed it! And looking forward to the typescript metaphors. Back when I had to illustrate TS egghead courses I relied on lots of structural themes (architecture, scaffolding), category themes (suits of cards, rubriks cube), or protection themes (guards, castles)

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Matt Pocock

@mattpocockuk

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Jul 14

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Gosh I just love your stuff. My main goal is to personalise the compiler as a figure you're interacting with - a figure with both flaws and superpowers.

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