In this episode Wes and Scott do a deep dive into React - what it is, best practices and all the ins and outs of how the framework works.

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Show Notes

5:23

• Components

12:30

• JSX

25:13

• Data and Props

44:48

• Fetching

49:22

• Event Handlers

54:00

• Instance classes + properties

55:02

• Lifecycle Methods

59:55

• Context

1:01:35

• Routing

Links

Preact Inferno How to Comment in JSX (article) Apollo Redux LevelUpTutorials.com Level II React Course React Informed (forms) Meteor Axios Firebase Gatsby Here’s how React’s new Context API works

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