Intro to React.js

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React.js is a popular Front End framework. Companies like Facebook, Netflix, Flipboard, and Khan Academy are using it to power blazing-fast web apps that make interacting with users faster than ever before.

This full-day workshop will introduce you to the basic concepts you need to understand to work with React.js.

You'll learn:

• Why Use React?
• Thinking in Components
• One-Way Data Flow
• The Virtual DOM
• Props & State

This workshop is taught by Esther Weon, Front-End Developer at Presence Product Group, and Ken Urata, Front-End Developer at Crunchyroll.

Pre-course requirements:

• Basic familiarity with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Have your own personal laptop to use for the class.
• Git (https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git), node.js (https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.4.1/node-v4.4.1.pkg), and a text editor (like Sublime Text (http://www.sublimetext.com/2)) installed on your laptop

There will be a one-hour break at noon. Lunch is provided.

Many thanks to our sponsor HackReactor!

Payment is required to attend. If you'd like to attend but cannot afford the cost, request a scholarship (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19YePb1ncNgHLFze40_BJRM7w8SG5mh1D0uB4qyKjwWs/viewform).