Modeling resizable panels using State Machines
This post argues that state machines bring significant value to UI development for modeling resizable panels, linking to a video and related discussions on the topic.
I rewatch this today and It bugs me how some frontend developers don't see how much value this brings to UI development.
What are your thoughts? Comment! I wanna hear from you
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See also:
- State machines are great, but hard to establish — discussion on team adoption and the challenges of mixing state machine logic
- Notes about how the document machine should work — models document lifecycle using explicit state transitions
- State machines to visualize the work of agents — extends the state machine pattern to LLM agents for deterministic behavior
- UI with State Machines — external hub with practical guides, patterns, and case studies on state-machine-driven UI development
- Frontend App/Layout Current State — uses
react-resizable-panelsfor app chrome sidebar/page and assistant panel splits; this post's state machine approach could model those panel behaviors