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### Rethinking best practices - JSConf.eu

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"At Facebook and Instagram, we’re trying to push the limits of what’s possible on the web with React. My talk will start with a brief introduction to the framework, and then dive into three controversial topics: Throwing out the notion of templates and building views with JavaScript, “re-rendering” your entire application when your data changes, and a lightweight implementation of the DOM and events." -- [Pete Hunt](http://www.petehunt.net/)

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### Thinking in react - tagtree.tv

A [tagtree.tv](http://tagtree.tv/) video conveying the principles of [Thinking in React](/react/docs/thinking-in-react.html) while building a simple app
<figure>[![](/react/img/docs/thinking-in-react-tagtree.png)](http://tagtree.tv/thinking-in-react)</figure>

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### Secrets of the Virtual DOM - MtnWest JS

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"In this talk I’ll be discussing why we built a virtual DOM, how it compares to other systems, and its relevance to the future of browser technologies." -- [Pete Hunt](http://www.petehunt.net/)

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### Going big with React ###

"On paper, all those JS frameworks look promising: clean implementations, quick code design, flawless execution. But what happens when you stress test Javascript? What happens when you throw 6 megabytes of code at it? In this talk, we'll investigate how React performs in a high stress situation, and how it has helped our team build safe code on a massive scale."
<figure>[![](https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/481670116_650.jpg)](https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/5429-going-big-with-react#video)</figure>

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### CodeWinds

[Pete Hunt](http://www.petehunt.net/) talked with [Jeff Barczewski](http://jeff.barczewski.com/) about React in CodeWinds Episode 4.
<figure>[![](/react/img/docs/codewinds-004.png)](http://codewinds.com/4)</figure>

<table width="100%"><tr><td>
02:08 - What is React and why use it?<br />
03:08 - The symbiotic relationship of ClojureScript and React<br />
04:54 - The history of React and why it was created<br />
09:43 - Updating web page with React without using data binding<br />
13:11 - Using the virtual DOM to change the browser DOM<br />
13:57 - Programming with React, render targets HTML, canvas, other<br />
16:45 - Working with designers. Contrasted with Ember and AngularJS<br />
21:45 - JSX Compiler bridging HTML and React javascript<br />
23:50 - Autobuilding JSX and in browser tools for React<br />
24:50 - Tips and tricks to working with React, getting started<br />
</td><td>
27:17 - Rendering HTML on the server with Node.js. Rendering backends<br />
29:20 - React evolved through survival of the fittest at Facebook<br />
30:15 - Ideas for having state on server and client, using web sockets.<br />
32:05 - React-multiuser - distributed shared mutable state using Firebase<br />
33:03 - Better debugging with React using the state transitions, replaying events<br />
34:08 - Differences from Web Components<br />
34:25 - Notable companies using React<br />
35:16 - Could a React backend plugin be created to target PDF?<br />
36:30 - Future of React, what's next?<br />
39:38 - Contributing and getting help<br />
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[Read the episode notes](http://codewinds.com/4)

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### JavaScript Jabber

[Pete Hunt](http://www.petehunt.net/) and [Jordan Walke](https://github.com/jordwalke) talked about React in JavaScript Jabber 73.
<figure>[![](/react/img/docs/javascript-jabber.png)](http://javascriptjabber.com/073-jsj-react-with-pete-hunt-and-jordan-walke/#content)</figure>

<table width="100%"><tr><td>
01:34 – Pete Hunt Introduction<br />
02:45 – Jordan Walke Introduction<br />
04:15 – React<br />
06:38 – 60 Frames Per Second<br />
09:34 – Data Binding<br />
12:31 – Performance<br />
17:39 – Diffing Algorithm<br />
19:36 – DOM Manipulation
</td><td>
23:06 – Supporting node.js<br />
24:03 – rendr<br />
26:02 – JSX<br />
30:31 – requestAnimationFrame<br />
34:15 – React and Applications<br />
38:12 – React Users Khan Academy<br />
39:53 – Making it work
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[Read the full transcript](http://javascriptjabber.com/073-jsj-react-with-pete-hunt-and-jordan-walke/)

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### Introduction to React.js - Facebook Seattle

<iframe width="650" height="366" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XxVg_s8xAms" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

By [Tom Occhino](http://tomocchino.com/) and [Jordan Walke](https://github.com/jordwalke)

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### Backbone + React + Middleman Screencast
<iframe width="650" height="488" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/iul1fWHVU6A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Backbone is a great way in interface a REST API with React. This screencast shows how to integate the two using [Backbone-React-Component](https://github.com/magalhas/backbone-react-component). Middleman is the framework used in this example but could easily be replaced with other frameworks. A supported template of this can be found [here](https://github.com/jbhatab/middleman-backbone-react-template). -- [Open Minded Innovations](http://www.openmindedinnovations.com/)

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### Developing User Interfaces With React - Super VanJS

<iframe width="650" height="366" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1OeXsL5mr4g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

By [Steven Luscher](https://github.com/steveluscher)

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### Introduction to React - LAWebSpeed meetup

<iframe width="650" height="366" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SMMRJif5QW0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

by [Stoyan Stefanov](http://www.phpied.com/)

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### React, or how to make life simpler - FrontEnd Dev Conf '14

<iframe width="650" height="366" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/YJNUK0EA_Jo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

**In Russian** by [Alexander Solovyov](http://solovyov.net/)

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### "Functional DOM programming" - Meteor DevShop 11

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### "Rethinking Web App Development at Facebook" - Facebook F8 Conference 2014

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### React and Flux: Building Applications with a Unidirectional Data Flow - Forward JS 2014

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Facebook engineers [Bill Fisher](https://twitter.com/fisherwebdev) and [Jing Chen](https://twitter.com/jingc) talk about Flux and React, and how using an application architecture with a unidirectional data flow cleans up a lot of their code.

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### Server-Side Rendering of Isomorphic Apps at SoundCloud

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/108488724" width="650" height="365" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>

Walk-through by [Andres Suarez](https://github.com/zertosh) on how [SoundCloud](https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/) is using React and Flux for server-side rendering.

[Slides and sample code](https://github.com/zertosh/ssr-demo-kit)

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### Introducing React Native (+Playlist) - React.js Conf 2015

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[Tom Occhino](https://twitter.com/tomocchino) reviews the past and present of React in 2015, and teases where it's going next.