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June 4th, 2025 ×

Storybook Has Evolved w/ Jeppe Reinhold

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Wes and Scott talk with Jeppe Reinhold about Storybook 9’s powerful new features—including drastically reduced bloat, seamless Vite integration, and next-level component testing. They dive into visual regression testing, accessibility, performance, and best practices for writing robust, isolated UI components developers can actually enjoy testing and documenting.

Show Notes

  • 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • 01:40 What is Storybook?
  • 03:48 How Storybook makes component design easier
  • 04:41 Vite integration and compatibility with other tools
  • 06:50 Storybook's significantly smaller bundle size
  • 13:31 Upgrading to Storybook 9
  • 17:34 Testing components with Storybook
  • 19:51 How do you write a component "story"?
  • 24:29 Brought to you by Sentry.io
  • 24:54 How visual testing works
  • 28:38 How Storybook makes money
  • 29:33 Best practices for component design
  • 32:24 Mocking and testing strategies
  • 34:49 Accessibility testing
  • 40:51 Add-ons and future features
  • 44:43 Storybook's documentation
  • 46:33 Sick Picks + Shameless plugs

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