August 15, 2016 — “This is a 15-minute Lightning Talk*

A last minute addition – Josh Levinson will talk about React and some simple ways to drop it into WordPress.

August 2, 2016 — React is becoming a popular choice of JS framework for building interactive features into custom WordPress themes. But why is this? And what exactly is it good for?

In this talk, I’ll use case studies to show you where React-powered interfaces can be a great way to improve the experience for the user.

I’ll also give an introduction to how React works, show a little code and tell you a little about my journey into the realms of amongst other things npm, webpack, linting and flux.

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June 30, 2016 — The introduction of Calypso has brought the notion of a modern JavaScript approach to the front and center of the WordPress community. What does an admin UI built entirely in JavaScript (with technologies like React that have taken the JavaScript community by storm) mean for WordPress and how we think of JavaScript in the project? Explain some of Calypso’s core development values that have driven us from the very start at Automattic. How does it look internally and why it’s not powered by any “framework”? How can you get started, contribute, and begin making cool things with it?

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May 12, 2016 — Nikolay’s talk will explain some basic problems with more complicated front-end applications, and how if we make dealing with change easier and if we have readily available components, our lives will be better.

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April 20, 2016 — React is a popular JavaScript library by Facebook for building dynamic user interfaces. In this introduction, we’ll cover component-based application structure, React basics, and next steps. A basic understanding of JavaScript is recommended so you can follow along as we live code our first React Component!

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April 20, 2016 — React ist eine JavaScript-Bibliothek zum Erstellen von Benutzeroberflächen. Sie wurde 2013 von Facebook unter BSD-Lizenz veröffentlicht und schlägt seitdem immer größere Wellen.

Im seinem Vortrag möchte uns Paul zeigen, wie wir unseren mit React umgesetzten Code (automatisiert) testen können.

April 19, 2016 — La complessità uccide la creatività e rallenta lo sviluppo del software. Avere i dati in JSON separati dalla loro presentazione ci permette di realizzare dei servizi più ottimizzati e più facili da mantenere per il nostro caso d’uso. Vedremo quali sono le potenzialità della nuova WP API e un esempio pratico con JavaScript e ReactJS.

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December 11, 2015 — React has taken the JavaScript community by storm and is changing how we build UIs and write JavaScript. What are some cool things that you can do with React? Why did Automattic chose to build the new WordPress.com UI (Calypso) using it? And, how can you start using React today in WordPress to enhance your themes and plugins? Let’s see what we can come up with and imagine a future filled with easy to reuse components.

December 5, 2015 — React.js and Flux by Facebook shook the JavaScript world by rethinking the basic approach to reacting to data changes. This new approach is extremely important for WordPress developers in the age of the modern REST API.

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