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In this episode, Jeff interviews Pete Hunt, a software engineer with Facebook about Facebook’s hot new open source js UI framework, React. React is a fresh look at how to build UI’s, attempting to improve on the limitations of the past. React gets some of its inspiration from how game engines acehieve awesome performance in their rendering pipeline.React can be used in the browser and on the server with node.js so you can have single page apps that are fully indexable by the search engines and have instant load characteristics. React has pluggable backends so it can be used to target the DOM, HTML, canvas, SVG, and other formats.The ideas and concepts behind React are very compelling, I encourage you to give it a look.Episode InfoEpisode NotesInterview timelineNotable users of ReactResourcesLinks from ShowOnline Training CoursesTutorialsOtherEpisode InfoEpisode: CW 004Published: March 17th, 2014Tags: js, nodejs,UI,frameworkDuration: Updated: 2014-05-01 Added links to great articles by Reto SchläpferEpisode NotesInterview timelineNotable users of ReactInstagram.com is 100% built on React, both public site and internal tools.Facebook.com’s commenting interface, business management tools, Lookback video editor, page insights, and most, if not all, new JS development.Khan Academy uses React for most new JS development.Shirtstarter is 100% built on React.Sberbank, Russia’s number one bank, is built with React.The New York Times’s 2014 Red Carpet Project is built with React.ResourcesLinks from ShowMain Reactjs.org siteGithub Repo for Reactjs SourcePete Hunt’s TwitterKhan Academy question editor GitHub repo written in Reactirc: #reactjs on freenodeOnline Training CoursesCodeWinds React.js Fundamentals - The premier online course and community where you learn React.js by pragmatically building a real web app while applying TDD/BDD principles“Highly recommended!” - Kevin Old, Senior Software Engineer“Look no further, the React.js Fundamentals course is the only course you will need to become an expert in React.js” - Wyatt Preul, Software Architect, nearForm“Overall I would give this React.js course a 4-star thumbs up!”- Kevin Bridges - Senior Technical Consultant at Applied SoftwareTutorialsVideos and podcasts covering ReactGetting Started with ReactjsTutorial for ReactThinking in ReactReact examples pageJSX javascript XML syntax for ReactOtherThe articles below by Reto Schläpfer are excellent in explaining why you might consider Reactjs vs traditional MVC frameworks.Why you might not need MVC with React.js - Reto SchläpferReact.js vs traditional MVC (Backbone, Angular) - Reto SchläpferJoel Burget’s blog article and slides about Khan Academy switching from Backbone Views to ReactReactjs Google GroupStack Overflow questions on Reactjs