Detroit.Code() Sessions tagged react

Why you should use React Native for your next mobile app

Whether you’re a seasoned React.js developer or not, this talk will show how React Native should be a serious contender for writing your next mobile application.

Starting with a basic overview of its tools and ecosystem we will discuss the awesomely well designed development experience of React Native (NO constant recompiling, Chrome-like dev tools, LIVE RELOADING!!!). We will the show how simple it is to get started by reusing components from your React web apps before finally exploring how companies optimize React to scale for large applications.

Speaker

Gwendolyn Faraday

Gwendolyn Faraday

Developer, Consultant, Ion Three

Strategies for learning React

React has been on your radar for some time but you don't know the best way to dive in to the ecosystem. There are so many awesome libraries but it's hard to distinguish between what's necessary and what's addressing a pain-point you don't yet have.

In this talk, we will discuss strategies for learning React and some of React's core principles. From there, we will discuss how taking a component-based view of our front-end can help us build an application architecture that scales over time. Finally, we'll discuss some important lirbaries in React ecosystem and what problems they are working to solve.

Speaker

Ryan Lanciaux

Ryan Lanciaux

Software Engineer