Based on a real, large scale project!

Learn how to set up a lightning fast React app and headless WordPress with GraphQL for content management all without the need to maintain a server. We will go over using cloud technologies to host MySQL and all our media files for WordPress, and Vercel to serve our React app and WordPress. We will create custom routing and caching for React using NodeJS and Express.

Why would you want to do this? - Automatic scaling - Deployment and updates with no downtime, straight from the terminal - Track WordPress with Git - Automatic database and media file backups - Speed of React + User friendliness of content management with WordPress

Is this talk pushing a particular product? - This can be done using Google Cloud, AWS, Azure or any similar services. - Similar setup could use React and WordPress alternatives.

This workshop is best suited for a 4 hour time slot.
Outline:
- Intro to React: What it is and why would you use it
- Setup Dev Environment: Help participants set up their machines to work with React. Optionally, a cloud IDE can be used.
- Bootstrap a React app using Next.js
- Set up Apollo to fetch GraphQL data
- Create custom parameterized routes using Express
- Fetch data with Apollo's Query component based on route parameters
- Deploy apps using Now
- Explain next steps to further improve apps with styling, seo optimization, advanced routing, complex GraphQL queries, etc. and alternate ways to build and deploy. (If time allows)