Tech Talk

Getting Started With React

Updated on September 15, 2021
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By Chris Sev

Sr Developer Advocate

Getting Started With React

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About the Talk

React is the most popular JavaScript library out there. It does have a learning curve though. So why is it so loved? Let’s take a look at React and use it to build our sites and apps.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to use React
  • Why you would want to use React
  • How to start building React apps

This Talk Is Designed For

All developers that want to build frontends

Prerequisites

Some JavaScript knowledge

Resources

React, a JavaScript library for building user interfaces React docs How to Code in React.js Consuming a Custom API With React

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Chris Sev

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Sr Developer Advocate

Founder of scotch.io. Slapping the keyboard until good things happen.

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