Getting Started w/ React

Chris Sev

@chris__sev

scotch.io

DigitalOcean

better.dev

What is React?

JavaScript library to make user interfaces

🤗 Show of Hands 🤗

Demo!

Hello World

Why use React?

Makes JavaScript easy to write

Easy to Write

It's just JavaScript!

Components

Reusable and composable

Very Fast

Virtual DOM only updates what is needed

Scale to Large Apps

More components

Go Mobile

Jump to React Native when ready

Our Agenda

Module 1: Intro

Module 2: Getting Started

Module 3: JSX & Templating

Module 4: Components

Lunch?

Module 5: Component Communication

Module 6: Getting Data

Module 7: All Together Now

Let's Build!