What motivates companies to move towards developing mobile apps using Progressive Web Apps (PWA)? How can you characterize the users of a native or PWA mobile apps? How does React hold up in a real-world situation?

Cher Scarlett talks with John and Ward about her experiences working on the Starbucks PWA, and moving from Vue to React. Along the way we discuss her story of moving from Vue.js to React.js and the plethora of programming platforms and languages that Cher has expertise in.

React at Starbucks is this week's topic on Real Talk JavaScript.

Recording date: 2020-01-21

const podcast = { episode: 74, title: 'React at Starbucks', topics: [ 'react', 'pwa', 'deploying javascript', ], guest: 'Cher', hosts: [ 'Ward Bell', 'Dan Wahlin', 'Craig Shoemaker', ] };

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01:17:17 Guest introduction

Guest introduction 04:38:11 Why go PWA?

Why go PWA? 08:08:16 Can you characterize PWA user vs mobile app user?

Can you characterize PWA user vs mobile app user? 10:21:20 Moving from Vue to React

Moving from Vue to React 18:09:00 How did you handle data?

How did you handle data? 25:09:00 Sponsor: IdeaBlade

Sponsor: IdeaBlade 26:08:12 Writing with hooks and functional components

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