JavaScript can do WHAT? (React x 2) + Web Girls
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Facebook's open source JavaScript library React has staked out territory as a performance-minded view renderer, and React Native is a major cross-platform technology for mobile app development. React is the 9th most starred project of all time on GitHub.
So what are the benefits and when should you use it? What are the latest capabilities on the JavaScript web development scene and where is React headed?
Freelance Node.js developer Luke John and JavaScript consultant Benjamin Lupton are going to keep it approachable so you're welcome regardless of coding prowess. Those with some JavaScript knowledge will obviously have a few technical questions but you can handle that.
ALSO:
Kate Kirwin is going to brief us on the Web Girls event. Investigate it as a potential attendee or as a mentor. It's a local initiative; let's get behind it.
ABOUT:
Benjamin Lupton has been a professional web developer since 2005, and has specialised in JavaScript since 2009. He's created over 200 open-source JavaScript projects, including History.js (over 8000 github stars, used by 37 Signals), and DocPad (over 2000 github stars, used by Microsoft).