"How to ReactJS" and "Tooling is Awesome"

Check out ReactJS (http://facebook.github.io/react/)!

6 pm : "How to ReactJS" by Will Klein

7 pm: Dinner and Networking

7:30 pm: "Tooling is Awesome" by Will Klein

"How to ReactJS" by Will Klein

React is a UI library for building reusable components from Facebook and Instagram. Specifically the V in MVC, React can be integrated with other frameworks like Angular or Backbone, or coupled with Flux (http://facebook.github.io/flux/) (also from Facebook). We'll learn what problem React solves and how it simplifies UI development. Beyond why it's totally awesome, we'll also learn how to start building UI components in React.

"Tooling is Awesome" by Will Klein

Our developer workflow should not only be efficient, but fun to use. Building on our hello world app in React, let's "mature" our workflow and tooling for the real world. We'll explore package management and tasking with npm (https://www.npmjs.com/), transpiling JS and bundling assets with webpack (http://webpack.github.io/), and other related tools. While using the React example for a use case, most of this will be React-agnostic.

Will Klein is an engineer at Rally Software (Denver) and a connoisseur of JavaScript frameworks. Learn more about him at http://willkle.in (http://willkle.in/).