React on the Server

Isomorphic JavaScript

Iso-what's it?

Back in the day.

• Create HTML on the server
• Enhance it a bit with JavaScript

Then came Web 2.0

The Rise of a Richer Experience

• Backbone
• Knockout
• Angular
• ...

Great but...

And also these happened

What to do?

• Continue being sucky?
• Write it twice?
• Abandon all hope?

We want to send html to the browser

But we still want rich interactive experiences

Enter React.js

Well Actually

React just made it easy

How Easy?

React.renderToString(myReactElement);

That Easy

Demo 1

Nice but I'm note using node.js

Enter React.js

• React.Net
• react-php-v8js
• react-rails

Demo 2

Conclusions?

Some Additional Resources

• Flux Comparisons
• Awesome React
• React Components
• Getting Started Tutorial

Thanks

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