ReactJS – Why You Should Use It Today – Created & Out-Sourced by Facebook
ReactJS – Why You Should Use It Today – Created & Out-Sourced by Facebook
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ReactJS
Why You Should Use It Today
Really, TODAY
Warning: You're about to hear my biased opinions of the state of Front End Dev today. Apologies if I bad-mouth any tool you're currently using
Created & Out-Sourced by Facebook
In 2013
Today used by Paypal, Stripe, WeWork, AirBnb, Netflix...etc
5th Most Starred JS Library on Github Today
Behind Angular, D3, JQuery & HTML5
= LOTS OF JOBS COMING
EASY TO START
From a single widget to the entire App
<reactcomponent> Drop me inside a Rails or Angular project; I dont care! </reactcomponent>
WORKS WELL WITH RAILS, NODE, ANGULAR & WHATEVER YOU HAVE
Just No JQuery, please
IF YOU MUST
Works with JQuery too
React is less opinionated than its developersRails React
Start Plugging it in today
MAKE UI SIMPLE
Reduce mental load
Build more faster
NO MORE SHARED STATE
"Hey team, please don't use that name as your variable..."
EASY TO READ & UNDERSTAND
Declarative Programming
NOT Imperative Programming
Composable Components
Write Once, Use Everywhere
Written by One, Used by All
EXAMPLES
Common UI problems
PINNED TO BOTTOM IN CHAT
LOAD PHOTOS IN VIEW
GOOGLE CALENDAR
UNIVERSAL RENDERING
Fast beyond you're used to
Only React has it
SERVER SIDE GOODIES
SEO
Fast Inital Render
Client code smooth takeover
USE SAME CODE ON SERVER & CLIENT
Avaiable only in Javascript (Node)
Pending solutions in Rails
TRUE FULL STACKER
Web
iOS
Android
Desktop
...more
Virtual DOM
Spirit of your App
Rendering is just a detail
iOS + Android
Nylas N1
TERMINAL
ECOSYSTEM
React Router
Flux
Redux
Immutable
Relay / GraphQL
DX
Developer Experience
DX => UX
Happy Developers Bring Happy Users
REDUX DEVTOOLS
The Future
COOL HUH?
Start Writing React Today
ReactJS 102 @ NYCDA Begins 11/30
Thanks for coming