Coder Catchup

This React thing, people are going nuts for, so what is it? It is a javascript library for building UI There are very few key principles, these being Just the UI Virtual DOM: it abstracts away the DOM, giving a simpler model and better performance. Write your code all in one place Data Flow: Simple one -way data flow, it all flows down hill All Data revolves around 2 things, state and props, boom! How simple is that!? Framework or Library Not a framework, it is a library, think of it like jQuery A framework for example is Ember So is Ember better than React? 2 completely different things Can accomplish the same things as each other So what is so good about it? Simple to learn Use it in existing server side or static sites Can incorporate pieces here and there It promotes small compose-able components and modularity Oh and there is React Native, but thats a whole other topic What do I need to get started a web browser webpack, yes another task runner, but there are plenty of boilerplates out there to