JS Nation

JSNation 2025

Signals have been revolutionizing state management lately, offering a more intuitive and performant approach than traditional methods. But what kind of magic is there under the hood? You change a value, and all places that use that value update and recalculate themselves automagically… 🤔In this talk we will look behind the curtain and explore the inner workings of Signals, by building our own implementation from scratch (Disclaimer: use for learning purposes only 😉).Signals have become almost a de facto building block in JavaScript frameworks lately, with some notable exceptions (looking at you React 👀), so it really pays off to have a deeper understanding about how they operate, how to debug them effectively and how to avoid common pitfalls. Plus, who doesn't like a bit of live coding? ✨

Carl Vuorinen