It was a privilege to welcome the React community to Facebook HQ on January 28–29 for the first-ever React.js Conf, and a pleasure to be able to unveil three new technologies that we've been using internally at Facebook for some time: GraphQL, Relay, and React Native.
<strong>Tom Occhino</strong> opened with a history of how React came to be, before announcing Facebook’s answer to a long-looming what-if question: what if we could use React to target something other than the DOM?
<strong>Brenton Simpson</strong> showed us how eBay brings Bret Victor’s feedback loop to your favorite editor using webpack, react-hot-loader, and <ahref="https://github.com/appsforartists/ambidex">Ambidex</a>.
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<strong>Gurdas Nijor</strong> showed us how we can leverage some conventions of React to perform source code transformations that unlock an inspirational set of use cases.
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<strong>Daniel Schafer</strong> and <strong>Jing Chen</strong> showed us how Facebook approaches data fetching with React, giving us an early peek at the forthcoming duo of Relay and GraphQL.
<strong>Michael Jackson</strong> reminded us that URLs should be part of our design process, and showed us how <ahref="https://github.com/rackt/react-router">react-router</a> can help to manage the transitions between them.
<strong>Jason Bonta</strong> showed us how complex user interfaces can get, and how his team keeps them performant as they scale. He also had the pleasure of open-sourcing his team’s work on <ahref="https://facebook.github.io/fixed-data-table/">FixedDataTable</a>.
<strong>Ryan Florence</strong> showed us how easy it is to transition from a career selling life insurance, to a burgeoning one as a software developer. All you have to do is to learn how to say “yes.”
<strong>Christopher Chedeau</strong> showed us how to bring the developer experience of working with React on the web to native app development, using React Native.
<strong>Lee Byron</strong> led a master-class on persistent immutable data structures, showing us the world of possibility that they can unlock for your software, and perhaps JavaScript in general.
**Mihai Parparita** detailed his efforts to [hack his way to a React.js Conf ticket](http://blog.persistent.info/2014/12/html-munging-my-way-to-reactjs-conf.html); **James Long** blogged about [his first encounter with React Native](http://jlongster.com/First-Impressions-using-React-Native); **Eric Florenzano** talked about how he perceives the [impact of Relay, GraphQL, and React Native](https://medium.com/@ericflo/facebook-just-taught-us-all-how-to-build-websites-51f1e7e996f2) on software development; **Margaret Staples** blogged about her experience of [being on-campus at Facebook HQ](http://deadlugosi.blogspot.com/2015/02/facebook-gave-me-ice-cream.html); **Jeff Barczewski** tied his experience of attending the conference up with a bow in this [blog post filled with photos, videos, and links](http://codewinds.com/blog/2015-02-04-reactjs-conf.html); **Kevin Old** left us with [his takeaways](http://kevinold.com/2015/01/31/takeaways-from-reactjs-conf-2015.html); **Paul Wittmann** found React Native [freshly on his radar](http://www.railslove.com/stories/fresh-on-our-radar-react-native); and finally, undeterred by not being able to attend the conference in person, **Justin Ball** [summarized it from afar](http://www.justinball.com/2015/02/02/i-didn't-attend-react.js-conf.html).
And, in case you missed a session, you can borrow **Michael Chan’s** [drawings](http://chantastic.io/2015-reactjs-conf/), **Mihai Parparita’s** [summary](https://quip.com/uJQeABv7nkFN), or **Shaohua Zhou’s** [day 1](http://getshao.com/2015/01/29/react-js-conf-notes-day1/) / [day 2](http://getshao.com/2015/01/29/react-js-conf-notes-day-2/) notes.
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<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet"lang="en"><p>Notes from <ahref="https://twitter.com/dlschafer">@dlschafer</a> and <ahref="https://twitter.com/jingc">@jingc</a>'s <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reactjsconf?src=hash">#reactjsconf</a> talk "Data fetching for React applications at Facebook"<ahref="http://t.co/IUZUbDCDMQ">pic.twitter.com/IUZUbDCDMQ</a></p>— Michael Chan (@chantastic) <ahref="https://twitter.com/chantastic/status/560538533161472000">January 28, 2015</a></blockquote>
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet"lang="en"><p>This is just magical (in the good way)… GraphQL + Relay is amazing. <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reactjsconf?src=hash">#reactjsconf</a></p>— Chris Williams (@voodootikigod) <ahref="https://twitter.com/voodootikigod/status/560533225395589120">January 28, 2015</a></blockquote>
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet"lang="en"><p>These… these are my people. :) <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reactjsconf?src=hash">#reactjsconf</a></p>— Thomas Beirne (@Beirnet) <ahref="https://twitter.com/Beirnet/status/560317879501848576">January 28, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet"lang="en"><p>Humbled by the React team and community. Found <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reactjsconf?src=hash">#reactjsconf</a> very mindful, practical and just real.</p>— xnoɹǝʃ uɐıɹq (@brianleroux) <ahref="https://twitter.com/brianleroux/status/560972130112655360">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet"lang="en"><p>I say with confidence as a former UIKit author: [React's model for the UI layer is vastly better than UIKit's. React Native is a *huge* deal.</p>— Andy Matuschak (@andy_matuschak) <ahref="https://twitter.com/andy_matuschak/status/560511204867575808">January 28, 2015</a></blockquote>]
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet"lang="en"><p><ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reactjsconf?src=hash">#reactjsconf</a> was incredible. Amazing project stewardship and community. Boring prediction, React Native sends adoption vertical in 2015.</p>— David Nolen (@swannodette) <ahref="https://twitter.com/swannodette/status/561232290273980416">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet"lang="en"><p>I really love the community shout outs by <ahref="https://twitter.com/Vjeux">@vjeux</a> between talks at <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/reactjsconf?src=hash">#reactjsconf</a>!</p>— Andrew Rota (@AndrewRota) <ahref="https://twitter.com/AndrewRota/status/560927339522297856">January 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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