Manchester React User Group — March 2016

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1. #mancreact Manchester React User Group — March 2016
2. The first proper one! • The “0th event” was more popular than expected • Third Monday of every month, 7pm
3. In search of talks • If you want to do a talk at one of the meet-ups, just ask. • If you know someone who might be interested, please send them our details. • A talk from a major contributor? • Lightning talks, show & tells
4. Event questions • Any questions about the event, please tweet me (@joecritchley), or email me (joecritch@gmail.com)
5. What’s new? • React v15.0 RC2 is out • No more extraneous <span>s or data-reactid’s in DOM • React Native (0.22) now supports hot module reloading • React has overtaken jQuery in no. of GitHub stars
6. A misunderstanding of React?
8. Learning React • react-howto by Pete Hunt • Raw React by James K. Nelson • react.jsbin.com
9. API • Mostly, we compose functions that return plain objects • For anything with state or a lifecycle, we write callbacks
10. Infrastructure • Abstracts imperative mutations to the render target • Normalises event systems • Creates and destroys object instances