Painless Server-Side Rendering with React and ClojureScript

This talk will provide a brief overview of ClojureScript (https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript), some of the awesome powers it provides, and then a detailed overview of server-side rendering of React.js in pure Clojure, without Selenium or Node.js. Main topics covered will be:

• Introduction to ClojureScript (CLJS)

• Why CLJS in general?

• Why CLJS in the browser?

• Intro to Om (https://github.com/omcljs/om) (CLJS interface to React)

• Server-side rendering Om (via Foam (https://github.com/arohner/foam))

About the Speaker

Allen Rohner is the founder and ex-CTO of CircleCI (https://circleci.com/), and co-author of Learning ClojureScript (https://www.amazon.com/Learning-ClojureScript-Rafik-Naccache/dp/1785887637/). His current startup Rasterize (https://rasterize.io) helps companies make more money by measuring and optimizing page load times. He tweets at @arohner (https://twitter.com/arohner).

News From the Bleeding Edge

In addition to the main talk, Corey (https://twitter.com/goldglovecb) will start us off with the crowd favorite "News from the Bleeding Edge" segment, in which we'll discuss all the latest and greatest in browsers and web app development.

Lightning Talks

If you have a cool side project or are using an awesome new framework, come tell us about it! Quick 5 minute talks or demos are perfect. If you're interested sign up here (http://goo.gl/forms/Tpk53xPMZC6Dg0i82).

Sponsor: Help.com

Help.com (http://help.com/) will be providing pizza for the evening! Help.com is building the next generation of customer service software. They are always on the lookout for great Node developers to join the team.

Can't Make it in Person?

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Parking

Street parking is free after 6pm on Wednesdays. You can also park in the Omni garage, directly under Capital Factory (enter from Brazos) for a flat fee of $5. Don't forget to ask for a parking validation card before you leave!