Being a declarative user interface library that is un-opinionated about the rest of your application it is easy to reason about it is simpler to learn and master the basics than a full application framework like Angular. Also, thanks to the simple nature of React, the patterns and lessons you will learn are transferable to other libraries and frameworks.

Aaron started using React in its v0.8 days after having worked with several other web frameworks, and immediately liked what he saw. From its drive towards componentisation to data management it’s been a great tool for building application dashboards, public websites, and native applications. Aaron has introduced it to many projects across a variety of industries through his career.

Day 1: React fundamentals

Introducing React and the Virtual DOM
Why React?
React's Architecture
Advantages
Components
Props
State
Lifecycle
Styling
Developer experience
Dev Tools
Hot Reload
React with TypeScript
Functional patterns and immutability
State management patterns
Container/Smart components
Hooks
Redux
Error Handling
Error Boundaries
Routing and Single Page Applications (SPA’s)

Day 2: Real-world React

Application/source control structure
Automated testing
Optimising app performance
webpack
Production configuration
Bundling
Code splitting/lazy loading
Integrating with a web server

Pre-requisites:

Understanding of JavaScript fundamentals
Participants need to bring a laptop
Latest Node LTS](http://npmjs.com/)
[Git](https://git-scm.com/)
[VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) or other text editor

React Workshop