James Long works on Firefox Developer Tools at Mozilla and gave this introductory talk about ReactJS and React Native at a local JavaScript meetup in Richmond.

I gave this talk at a local JavaScript meetup in Richmond, VA on May 5th and recorded it using screencasting software. The sound quality is poor, but it's still very watchable. Check this out if you want a good explanation for why React Native will change how you write native mobile apps, and how the web can learn from it. To the women readers/watchers: I apologize for saying "guys" in a few places referring to groups of people ("Facebook guys"), it's a habit I'm still trying to break.

This post is actually my slides as well, so you can scroll through all of them below if you don't want to watch the video.

Why React Native is Different