Universal Apps: Lessons from the trenches

There's no question that Universal Apps are one of the most widely talked about ways of building modern web applications. There are countless starter kits, boilerplates, generators, etc etc, so trying to pick and choose what to use in your own Universal App is a daunting task. Most every kit starts with React at the bottom, but from there where do you go?! So many options is both a blessing and a curse for the modern web developer. How to manage application state? Container components? Client side routing? Back end tools? Babel? Typescript? OMG. Thankfully after months of researching and building, this talk will cover many lessons learned on the best ways to get started building Universal Apps. How to manage state with redux, how to set up your back end with express to render React on the server, as well many pro tips picked up along the way.
Length: 29:51
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Recorded on 2016-11-20 at Nodevember
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