Kim’s a designer and developer who’s always had a side project. But her latest project was a bit different. Not only did she have to learn a new framework (React), she had to learn it and build her app in a few weeks to make her very public deadline. She shares her process for learning a new javascript framework, and the frustrations she experienced even as a seasoned developer. We also hear from Brent Vatne on how to get started with React and React Native. And for a mini technical deep dive, we unpack the virtual dom, a key feature in React, in our new segment, the Coding Corner.

Show Links

• DevDiscuss (sponsor)
• DevNews (sponsor)
• New Relic (sponsor)
• Retool (sponsor)
• Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor)
• React Europe workshop playlist
• Swift
• PhoneGap
• No Questions Asked (NQA)
• Kim's Webby Award
• #MentorMonday
• React Native Express
• React Express
• Prettier
• JSX
• The Virtual DOM
• Objective C
• SCAD
• Episode with Vaidehi Joshi
• Codeland Conf
• Codeland 2019

Brent Vatne

Brent is a developer at Expo, core contributor to React Native.

Kim Goulbourne

Kim Goulbourne is a Jamaican, award-winning designer and chronic creator, creating a variety of projects under her alias Bourn. She's worked as a design consultant at thoughtbot helping small and big companies create and validate digital products. Throughout her tenure at previous agencies, Ogilvy, Wondersauce and R/GA, she worked on various brand projects from large companies such as IBM, Verizon and Foursquare to newer startups like Vialoure, Master & Dynamic and treStique.