FITC

Overview

THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT

Note: This workshop is 10am to 5pm on Sunday, September 30 (Grab a WORKS or WORKSHOP Ticket).

This workshop will help you solidify your knowledge in React.js and learn some intermediate concepts that will help you with your day-to-day building of applications. While building an application together Wes will touch upon:

• The HOC design pattern
• The Render Prop design pattern
• Working with asynchronous requests to fetch data for state
• Creating a Server Side Rendered application with Next.js
• Styling our components with Next.js
• Working with new React.js APIs such as the Context API
• Learning how to handle forms and inputs in React that are tied to state
• Working with external React libraries such as Downshift for dropdowns

This workshop assumes you are already comfortable with:

• The fundamentals of JavaScript –  you can write a function, understand what return does, can pass variables around an application.
  • Don’t sweat it if
    • you sometimes goof up some of the new ES6 stuff or get clammy hands when asked to explain `this` – we can help you through that stuff if you get stuck
• React Basics – You can template an application in JSX, you understand the difference between State and Props, can write required PropTypes and are comfortable with the ES6 class extending syntax to create a component.
  • Don’t sweat it if
    • you aren’t totally sure what a Higher Order Component, Render Props, or a stateless functional component is
• You are comfortable with your development tools – you can npm install any dependency you need and you have no trouble moving around your text editor.

You should come to this workshop with:

• A laptop computer
• Chrome or Firefox with React Dev Tools Installed
• The latest version of Node.js installed
• A terminal application – the one built into your computer is just fine
• A text editor setup for React development