React at 60 Frames Per Second

How can you create performant animations, backed by fast-updating data, on the web, using React? Come learn how to make silky-smooth data-powered animations without having to give up the convenience of React. (Mostly…)React is great for manipulating the DOM, but all that shadow DOM logic can bog down data-powered animations and slow down sites. How can you keep the ease of React while rendering lightning-fast, silky-smooth animations? There’s a trick to it (and, spoiler alert, some of it’s not React). We’ll go through a real-world case-study and along the way, learn about: - how to get data from the backend to your frontend mega-fast - why requestAnimationFrame beats setInterval hands down - the power of HTML Canvas for web-based animation Come see how fast React can be!