The example code used during the presentation has been uploaded to https://github.com/mtreilly/react-native-wordpress This presentation was introduction to everyone to the basic concepts of React, WordPress REST API and very simple example using firebase with it

1. React Native, WordPress and
JavaScript Shenanigans
What is React, Why Use it and What WordPress can bring

2. Who am I?
● Developer Lead
● General Boss Man

3. Micheál Reilly
@michealreilly

4. What we’ll cover
● What is React?
● How you can use it for mobile apps
● Using it with WordPress
● Cool things in ES6 and ES7?

5. What is React?

6. What is it?
Quick Background
Built by Facebook
Components
Reactive Updates
Just the View Bit

7. Who’s using it
● AirBnB
● Facebook
● WhatsApp
● Automattic
● Khan Academy
● Tesla
● Loads More

8. AirBnB

9. Any other benefits
● Just a View Layer
● Server Side Rendering
● I really like components
● Managing state makes sense

10. How do I use it for Mobile?

11. React Native
Allows you to build Native
Apps in Javascript

12. Some Reasons why it’s Awesome
Live Reloading and Hot Reloading
You can still use native code
Tons of Libraries

13. How to use React with WordPress?

14. It is the API of Course
OK what’s an API
WordPress REST API
What I like to use to query it:
https://github.com/axios/axios

15. For Web
ReactJS and Headless WordPress
Using WP-JSON
Resources
http://wp-and-react.com/#/

16. Why use it on the
Web?
User Experience
Developer Love
Make site’s that wow
Speed
Generate Static Sites with Gatsby
github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby

17. For Mobile
Why use it?
Admin Panel for Apps that works
Eases User Understanding
Great for Prototyping
Unlocks Apps

18. What to do in WordPress
Advanced Custom Fields
Custom Post Types
Using Categories
Keep it Simple with WordPress

19. React Native and the Client
What does it add
What do they get

20. Getting Funky
Mixing Data Sources

21. Using the latest JavaScript
Features

22. The Joys of Building with React
Promise
Let and Const
Maps and Sets
Fancy Object Syntax
Classes
Arrow Functions
Modules
Rest and Spread

23. Getting Started and Useful Tools
The Road to Learn React
Official Docs
https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-react

24. QUESTIONS