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1 REACT WordCamp Prague 2016 Borek Bernard 2 Typical WordPress developer, 2016 3 THE GOOD OLD DAYS 4 THE GOOD OLD DAYS 5 THE GOOD OLD DAYS 6 WHAT IS REACT 7 • View library from Facebook • Short word for many things (remember “HTML5”?) webpack Babel Flux redux Relay flow GraphQL npm 8 POWERED BY REACT • Parts of Facebook (Messenger, Groups App, …) • Instagram • Netflix • Airbnb • Ubercom • Twitter mobile • Calypso • … 9 WHY REACT? I S I T J U S T F A S H I O N ? 10 • Simple, focused • Universal • Backed by big players 11 REACT NATIVE 12 REACT FOR WORDPRESS DEVELOPERS 13 TWO USE CASES 1 More pleasant admin experiences 2 Rich frontend UIs / apps 14 ADMIN UI’S • Calypso • VersionPress • MainWP / ManageWP / … 15 RICH FRONTEND’S • WordPress as an application platform “Headless WordPress” • Examples: –Nomadbase –Mobile apps 16 DEMO 17 DEMO RECAP Source: https://facebookgithubio/react/docs/thinking-in- reacthtml 18 OTHER NOTES 19 CHALLENGES (WP) 1 Themes? 1 SEO? 2 First-time load? 2 Server-side rendering? “isomorphic apps” 20 CHALLENGES (REACT) • Things are changing • Data flows not entirely solved yet (Flux, redux, relay, …) but still: 21 OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU #wordpress #smallbusiness #entrepreneur