How A Small Team of Developers Created React at Facebook | React.js: The Documentary

[@Honeypotio]

The live Q&A following the release of this documentary is now out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jau1hKypppx5as0 (featuring most of the cast). 🤩

[@anteshell]

Not really interested in this documentary, but commenting here and giving you a full watch in support against idiotic react content(unrelated to the documentary despite the name), and the case with Theo in particular. Hopefully this helps the algo. Some people's understanding of fair use is just unbelievable.

[@nogoodgod4915]

​@@anteshell you are a good person.

[@king-manu2758]

React allowed me to leave the service industry after a decade and a half and become a developer that works remotely from anywhere in the world. When I saw this documentary I knew I had to watch it to know more about the history of something that so drastically changed my life. Without React I wouldn't be here, so thanks to everyone that made it happen. This journey is not over yet, there's much more to come, and I'm very excited to be a part of it.

[@okjosh]

Same! I went from a lumberjack with an 8th grade education to mako to 6 figures in just a few years!

[@king-manu2758]

@@okjosh wow crazy stuff. Super happy you made it too, may it last long 🙏

[@king-manu2758]

@@shreyansh4171 I started learning early 2020 and got my first job early 2022

[@sathasivamthirumoorthi7950]

I m final year student, can I know how to get a remote job . I have 1 year of experience in learning react and done project too.

[@JC-fd8ho]

@@okjosh so u have a job as a developer without a college or university degree ?

[@nemanjamilojevic6844]

Wife: Are you tearing up, what movie is that? Me: It's... story about library that I'm using at work. Wife: the what

[@Honeypotio]

😂

[@rengifocris]

😂😂

[@GabrielDucharme]

😅😂

[@emenikedaniel]

Iconic 😂🤣.. An emotional movie for software developers😂. People ask me for my top 10 movies this year. It is React Documentary, topping the charts😂🤣🤣. I just love Software development. It's a different & interesting world.

[@yairopro]

Excellent

[@WesBos]

I was definitely wrong about React and that JSConf tweet. Thanks for the career, React 🥰

[@Honeypotio]

Hi Wes! 🤩

[@junyorff12]

That's definitely interesting, 'cause when I think in React a think in Wes Bos.

[@brettRaper1996]

Wes barracuda bos!!!!!

[@iq-dev]

React + Wes = 😍

[@techsuvara]

Personally I find React grating and difficult to work with, there are better ways to solve the problem of web applications.

[@akashshinde4261]

I remember I used to work in Technical support department and was very unhappy with what I was doing. Always wanted to go for frontend but scared to death with coding. One day, I decided to start learning front end development from scratch and came across this React Library. The minute I started looking into it, I fell in love with the library. Its been 4 years now , I am senior React developer. Not gonna look back. Thank you so much React for changing my life ....

[@SharrmanHatrash]

Is it react still good for develop nowadays?

[@akashshinde4261]

@@SharrmanHatrash yes.

[@photon628]

coming here from dark viper au you did an amazing job to create react documentary. keep up the good work to create another amazing documentaries. 👍

[@SsaliJonathan]

The engineers who worked on React must be proud of their work.

[@iudoh]

may?

[@aurelianspodarec2629]

@@iudoh February

[@techlydaily]

@@aurelianspodarec2629 March

[@aurelianspodarec2629]

@@techlydaily No! Don't tell me what to do! I'm going to stand still.

[@shapelessed]

What's to be proud of? Hooks which behave differently each time you use them together? Little nuances you have to constantly remember just not to introduce a silly error? There have long been alternatives that are 10x faster and easier to work with, that require less than a week to learn entirely and even perform twice as fast in the browser. React is a relic and should be treated as such.

[@fceruti]

To everyone involved: Thank you. There are many amazing things to like about this documentary, but one that strikes me most, is how different people and personalities are fundamental for every step of a success story. There's no React without the lone wolf, but neither without the first internal promoter, internal champion, internal articulator, leadership that allows it to bloom, external customer, on and on...

[@Not_Aran8276]

Matto brought me here. Nice that Matto is reminding my Reactjs web development PTSD and all the pain I had to endure with JavaScript in general.

[@sonny4978]

same haha

[@TheOriginalJohnDoe]

As a (open source) software engineer myself, the experience the React team had is what every developers hopes to achieve. Most open source projects are developed in the hope to ease the development of other applications, to improve them, to build a community around it and to build something together with people who have (developed) a passion for it. This project and team efforts shows that thinking outside of the box is the way to be different, gain attention eventually and get the well-deserved credit for it. I genuinely am happy for the team and their accomplishments that they've achieved over the past years. React has became a top-tier framework that offers everything we developers need in our daily life of development.

[@danielchettiar5670]

The DX on React is horrible after getting used to Svelte and Solid

[@caw7542]

only works if you have supportive management, can only happen at specific companies, so like most extraordinary things in life, the opportunities to shine worldwide are only available to as select few

[@aps9369]

I am a react developer. Can you suggest few open-source projects that i can work with

[@nabendu82]

This documentary literally brought tears in my eye. I owe my whole career to React. Was a C++ developer, but then somehow got into Production Support. I was stuck their for 5+ years including a Job loss during recession. Decided to become a developer again, as was trying a lot of thing like Windows app in HTML, CSS and JS. iPhone app with Swift. But one day in the big Tech company where i was working, someone saw React in my resume and never had to look back. Most people at the company were Java developer. Started doing small projects from 2016 onwards and quite good in React. At around 2017, the demand of React was huge, as it's today. But very few people knew it and so i got completed into React projects for the companies. After working in React from sort of starting, now i don't do development anymore. But teaching the next generation about thi awesome library of React, which changed the trajectory of my career. 😀

[@TheWebDev]

Thanks to React i became an Associate Architect, KZbinr(TWD- Nabendu Biswas), Author(5 books - GatsbyJS , React Firebase and MERN) and now a full time ReactJS teacher

[@Robko05]

I was kinda hoping Jordan will show up at the end 🥲

[@TerenceKearns]

Does anyone know why he declined to be interviewed? I feel like a major part of the drama has been missed.

[@senju31]

​@@TerenceKearns same thing I was thinking

[@therealcilantro]

Amazing documentary. My whole career started with React (Native) in an unpaid internship in my freshman year in college, and now I am working for Facebook, the company that invented it. I would not be where I am at right now without React, and I am immensely grateful.

[@sqarex2658]

i am watching this only because i saw a random dude on twitter being angry that he couldn't reupload your work, video is good, im happy, you should be to!

[@dennisyo]

The story surrounding React and its birth really hits different I think. I got a similar feeling watching the GraphQL documentary. It seems like Facebook was (and probably still is) a great place to bring great minds together and push new ideas forward. Everyone really seems so united to create something amazing together. React definitely changed my career and for that I will be forever grateful! Great documentary. ❤

[@flunik666]

cringe

[@clahss]

projections@@flunik666

[@callbettersaul]

I came here from Darkviper's video to support yet another honest creator that's being attacked for their good work. Coincidentally I'm into programming, so this video will definitely stay open as my 100th chrome tab until I find the time to watch it. Anyways, keep up the good work and I hope the reactors don't demolish your motivation and stop you from uploading.

[@literallystingy2858]

W

[@illbebeck8655]

Same around here. Was also thinking about learning programming to get a job but procrastinating to actually start learning, so I'll watch this video

[@thebirdhasbeencharged]

@@illbebeck8655 react is trash, learn vue

[@lCebolitosl]

@@illbebeck8655 Try following a structured path like Odin Project or Freecodecamp. It's all laid out for you to get going from 0 to job level, and you can do it in your own pace.

[@lCebolitosl]

and it's free

[@snaprealm]

Prior to React, I was primarily a PHP/jQuery dev. Started hearing about React in 2016 and ever since then it's pretty much all I ever use. Such a great doc, so well put together it's inspiring me to make a doc of my own.

[@redpillsatori3020]

Vue or Angular is better..Svelte too

[@kevinleemans4435]

The documentary was amazing at JSWorld conference! I would encourage anyone to watch it. Great story throughout the movie! Really well done Honeypot :) QA after with Dan & Shane was great as well!

[@Honeypotio]

Thank you, Kevin, it was such a cool night!

[@subhayanghosh3517]

Loved this! I was in the second semester of my freshman year in 2020 Feb when one of my dorm mate suggested me to try learning React js. Covid happened and we came back home. I dedicated my entire days learning HTML CSS and then JS and finally React. One at a time, building small projects. Did a volunteering internship at a community to understand React better and finally landed on my first real internship at a startup that year in October. Today I am the Tech Lead of that startup (small team of 7) which is a bootstraped profitable one. Being in my freshman year, I didnt see this coming. I owe my career head-start to React! Huge thanks to the team for building such an awesome library. And thank you Honeypot for sharing the React experience with us. ❤️

[@olusolaoyinloye2426]

I feel really inspired by the React story. Seeing how the initial reaction by the public to a technology built by bright minds from Facebook, was rejection.

[@blessdarah1256]

This is wayyyy better than any movie. I really love these documentaries. This to me is the best thing that as a programmer, I should be watching. I am humbled by the things the engineers have gone through to change the web for us to date.

[@miklschmidt]

I remember being at the first react conf EU, seeing Dan talk about redux and Lee release graphql. I remember cracking jokes with Sunil outside in 40C weather. In the evenings people formed circles around members from the team to pick their brains. I remember speaking to Lee about the FB friends counter and how it affected young kids and bullying. The sense of community was so strong and i won’t forget it. Here’s to another 10 years of React!

[@dhruv_vyas]

I watched the entire documentary when I have exams tomorrow lol I don't regret watching it though A great and inspiring story

[@Honeypotio]

Ah man good luck with your exam!

[@its-probably_fine]

"If someone has a question, everyone can jump in and answer it instead of just Jordan" - really loved this and that he describes it as "a big shift". This is one of the indicators that you actually have a team.

[@samschanbacher]

Here from DarkViperAU's recent vid. Good job on the documentary and glad to see your channel growing!

[@abdulrafiuabdulazeez9924]

I can't understate how React changed my life. Things that once looked unattainable to me became the things I now take for granted. All thanks to these folks.

[@22manguita]

i never liked documentaries about tech, but this story about react is really cool and exciting. When you see all the work involved in react, you understand that this project involves much more than just line of code. This is tech!

[@alan_tucker]

I'm in the process of learning to react and have watched this four times now. Thank you for producing such an excellent documentary.

[@ljuglampa]

Wow, I absolutely loved it. Sorry to not see Jordan being interviewed (I imagined you tried) but otherwise so nostalgic and amazing to see something so professional being made about something nobody of my friends and family even know exists. I've worked with React since 2015 and being a contractor haven't had any assignments without it since. Really shaped my career

[@Honeypotio]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗

[@bendev6807]

I don’t know the details, but why Jordan wasn’t there really? Any insights?

[@MCTVARG]

They mentioned it. He is very private

[@devkasunlakshitha]

Learning React is one of the best things that happened in my life. A game-changing UI library. I waited to see this documentary for so severely. Awesome work 🔥❤

[@flunik666]

now you sleep with men?

[@AdmiralJacob]

DarkViper gang lets go!

[@toystorybro]

Okay. I had no idea documentaries about programming were a thing now and I’m fully in love with them. The level of production behind this one was particularly immaculate. I fell in love with the ending transitioning react animation! I know I’m asking for the world but I hope to see a documentary about all the programming languages on here at some point in my life 😂.

[@rageofkurd2152]

Waiting for this one to be released since the day of the trailer 🔥✌🏻

[@DaxSudo]

Same

[@avishekdattaray2065]

being an Angular dev I have to admit that the react team changed the way frontend framework works and made tons of people love frontend.

[@LawStudentsNightmare]

I’ve never been a big fan of documentaries about tech, but this was really really interesting, you guys did a fantastic job with this really well done.

[@Honeypotio]

Glad to hear it! 🤗

[@MichelPostmaStreams]

Heard about the React video shenanigans from DarkViperAU and came to watch the documentary. This is awesome work, and looking at your channel this is not just a one off great video! I'm happy to have found you guys and look forward to the new content you'll make!

[@leoneruri5746]

Could you tell me what darkviper said about react

[@DaviAreias]

Wtf I thought this guy was just a GTA speedrunner 😂

[@jjmachan]

stallar production, captivating story telling, worthy of the love and effort the awesome contributors put into it to make react what it is today. Thank you Honeypot for bringing these stories to us and showcasing the cool side of opensource.🥰

[@Honeypotio]

Thanks for watching!

[@raktim24]

As a frontend developer I just couldnt express my gratitude to the people who were involved in this process. Thank you so much the devs and honeypot to bring this into light. Yoy guys changed the world in ways few people will understand.

[@Honeypotio]

❤️

[@BhawarGujral]

It just melts my heart that how these brilliant developers worked so hard to make React what it is today! super proud of them and their contributions ♥♥

[@statustv7808]

The beginnings were calling for quit but the pioneers kept the vision. What a great documentary

[@OsamaRana]

Found your channel thanks to DarkViper, and decided to watch it as I've just started looking into react myself. Amazing documentary, and well presented as well. Thanks for the subtitles, they really helped watching this at 1.5x :D

[@vectoralphaSec]

Would love to see a documentary on Python side of things like Anaconda, Pytorch, Tensorflow, Numpy or Pandas or something like that.

[@tytywuu]

+1 Love to see Tensorflow!

[@TacoBellCrew]

Pytorch would be an interesting one for sure

[@sauravsharma6170]

I want to see a documentary on django

[@স্বচ্ছনিরবতা]

@@sauravsharma6170 I second this

[@0jinx]

React allowed me to leave my country and secure one of the best jobs in one of the largest companies in the world immediately after collage. To say that it was instrumental in changing my life is an understatement 🙏

[@theguywhoiscoding9912]

I remember being the first person advocating React in my former company as a working student. This resulted in so many great opportunities in my career and made me a better engineer. Thanks to the whole React team for their passion and dedication!

[@michaelikechi3790]

What sticks out is React could have been killed at any point in the early days by a Boss who thought these devs were in above their heads, so facebook's internal culture seems to have been really effective at preventing this from happening.

[@DragonStoneCreations]

As a developer, I find this channel as the gem I was searching for a long time. Keep up the great job!

[@Ambroos]

What an incredibly interesting video! I brought React to my very first job early 2015, just before the first conference happened. I immediately loved the concepts, remember that Netflix loves React post, and seeing Jing Chen here really brings back so many memories because I absolutely loved the ideas behind Flux, and still do. It became my career! I brought React to two companies in Belgium before getting the surprise opportunity to work at Facebook myself. See Dan Abramov have dinner a few tables over in Rathbone. Talk to React core people in bootcamp in MPK. I no longer work at FB but still use React daily, coming up on 10 years now, so I can only be thankful and happy to have made the jump relatively early! Thanks for the documentary!!

[@latrechetaher6340]

I love these documentaries they always get me fired up to learn and build more

[@gentilgedeon4260]

Mr. Sebastian Markbåge is so calm and very reserved. typical criteria for really smart folks but also could be a sign of coping with smth really difficult.

[@dorianlopez7176]

This documentary was well worth the wait. I can see why you took so long to post it on KZbin. You just can’t rush a great story.

[@superloika95]

I may haven't tried React yet but I am so thankful that this brilliant project came to a realization because Vue wouldn't be Vue without React. 🔥

[@blade_20]

Subbing, watching, liking and commenting - DarkViperAu mention you guys in his Rambles and how Theo (who is such a tool) backstabbed you by stealing your content and and claiming "fair use" by "reacting" to it. I despise people like that and your content is professional as was your demeanour toward Theo and his actions. Bravo!

[@souravkumarnanda606]

1:14:38 When Tom starts explaining how it was all a team effort, it's this moment I was tearing up!! In love with these documentaries!! Keep them coming.. ❤

[@canca2878]

Just came here from DarkViperAU. Keep it up guys the quality of this video is crazy good

[@sadamali6691]

It's actually a very impressive documentary. I want to thank all the people who participated in REACT to get here. When REACT was first announced there was some criticism that we thought was due to the way in which RACT JS was released.

[@anandg2569]

After working on Angular for many years, when React was introduced to me, I was one of those who thought it a crap. I admit it! But when I created my first component, I saw the difference in number of lines I had to write in React vs Angular for same thing! The performance of page on DOM was clearly visible! It blew my minds and cant think of any framework now. React is going to dominate JS world for quite a some time just like jQuery did and I am sure someone is cooking something better somewhere which will be better than React! Cheers to the creaters and and contributes of this amazing piece of technology. 🤟

[@sanskargarg2060]

Thank you for the documentary, HoneyPot. Really great work. Keep rocking! 🚀

[@dertuman]

This makes me think about all the technologies that could have happened but have been pushed down to whatever reason. Pretty scary to think about and important to reflect on, especially for leaders in the industry. I have seen big leaders have a very close minded approach to tech, and it's everyone's responsiblity to detect those people and make a push against their rudimentary ideas. Rock on React!

[@ekibet]

Best IT Documentary of all the time, A journey of 12 years

[@MahBor]

Forget what that stupid person did to this video for a little bit of fame and money. This is an awesome and well made documentary with a lot of interesting facts. I appreciate your hard work. I came here from DarkViperAU's video, this is really helpful as I'm currently studying React

[@Honeypotio]

We appreciate you coming to our little corner of the internet! 🙏

[@genctasbasi]

Really enjoyed it. Love React. As an Android dev with Java / Kotlin background, React took me only a month to learn enough to publish my first prod app on Heroku, a fairly complex one. Kudos to the team.

[@EddyVinck]

The production quality of this documentary is incredible 😮 it’s also really fun to watch and learn more about the earlier period of React before I even thought about becoming a software developer.

[@Honeypotio]

Glad you enjoyed it! ✌️

[@producdevity]

Ah man! The video production, the audio, the edits. I don't even know what React.js is, and I'm still watching this. This looks way too good for KZbin

[@jomarkpangan9362]

As a react dev, the graphql and vuejs documentary made me proud and I dont even use them.

[@FergalByrne]

I remember David’s excitement when this happened, all this time later it’s the no-brainer choice everywhere. Great story, cheers

[@suryaaris2680]

Thankyou for all of you who work hard behind the react core team. ❤My life changed when i learn react and now i had great career with react.

[@tonienguix4834]

I literally got emotional over this documentary. I think it reflects the dreams and struggels of web development very well and overall gives a sensational feeling of overcoming problems with huge enthusiasm and trust in their vision. 10/10 best one so far, Honeypot. Ty

[@Honeypotio]

Thanks Toni 💕

[@Co-opSource]

Great to see David Nolen and hear the contribution he made to bringing attention to React. I was in the cljs community at the time and heard of it through David. It was very idiomatic with how ClojureScript’s persistent data structures manage state. The performance impact on rendering they bring to React, all it has to do is compare pointers/refs to know if anything changed. Chef’s kiss.

[@jakubschulz4353]

The Vue documentary was amazing. Can't wait!

[@olesiaoriginal2510]

Cool documentary! Thank you 😊 I’m just now entering tech industry via internship at a startup, switching careers from an unrelated field of aviation and excited to continue to use React. Thank you for this great technology.

[@iostackerror]

So much joy watching this. One of the most important thinks didn’t get the attention it deserves. React was the first JS library I used and was wow it has been really fun using it! That’s the reason I never wanted to even look at something different. ❤

[@etcetera101]

Every time I get to write a little React component I get a little smile on my face and it's wild to think I've been using it ~7 years. Thanks for 7 years of smiles, team!

[@noraluxx8844]

well done IDA !!! this filmmaker has the most sophisticated humour on earth - you all should get to know her in person ! :D

[@Honeypotio]

😘

[@tenzinwoeser6842]

I cannot imagine my programming carrier without React. Thank you to the brillant minds behind it and the community around it.

[@anticsBack]

Absolutely awesome job on this documentary! And of course, huge thanks to all the people who had a hand in making React the best JS UI library that it is today. React was pivotal in my career as a software engineer and made me love this career so much more. Again, thank you!

[@AouadiSlim]

at first i didn't even understand Reactjs, but then by time i watched many tutorials an practiced it, it just became my favorite Frontend framework, i just love working with react no matter how hard it is, it was thanks to react that i gained much experience in javascript because he makes things very simple ! i pick react js and always will do for any project i work with

[@MatteoAgosti]

Incredible documentary, production and storytelling is out of this world. Thank you!

[@Honeypotio]

Thank you! 💛

[@cagriuysal7386]

Ahhh, it's amazing to see how to React evolved over the years. This thing pays my bills guys. Thanks to the creators

[@AjayBhatia]

Being backend developer all the time, React really changed my life. This is really an awesome documentary by @Honeypot!! Huge shout out to all the real heros behind React and React Native. They really changed the life of million people on this lovely planet and become the reason of bread earning ❤

[@TananJess]

brilliant seeing behind the scenes the work put in to get things going, the things we don't see or appreciate enough for what they do bringing us these platforms, thank you all for your hard work an incredible team.

[@BaldeepSingh24]

We love React and seeing our heroes, this is nothing less than a superhero movie! Thanks Honeypot for this and thank you everyone who built this piece of technology which changed the life of millions!

[@GoonCity777]

I’m watching this a second time and things I didn’t understand the first time are clear again. Working in cloud, networks and programming, this is really cool interesting stuff. Particularly the very beginnings and design principles of the very beginning of react’s creation and its technical advantages versus other methods

[@ytadi9229]

I think Typescript also deserves a video like this considering it took years to be popular (when React took only like 1 year to become mainstream)

[@aurelianspodarec2629]

NO

[@Roberto-pm4ch]

Isn't it amazing how humanity comes together to create and build such beautiful things, not only for our community but for future generations too? Huge thanks to all involved for their excellent contributions that truly enrich the essence of being human.

[@amaliauto1390]

Dvau gang. Keep doing what you are doing honeypot

[@namelessx6930]

React changed my life, it is the backbone of my career. Thank you

[@prakshaljain1761]

Met Dan when I was working at Facebook. I loved the documentary! So relatable ❤

[@alihelbah8798]

I decided to use react for our products.... it definitely was the right decision! thank you and for the developers of nodejs

[@VilClavicus]

I would have liked to see Jordan Walke in the doc, having his perspective on all of it would have been really cool

[@WaseemYusuf]

The talk by Jordan Walke at ReasonConf 2019 is a nice complement to this documentary. There, he gives his perspective on the ideas behind React and how React came to be. Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5eqkJ-vg9p4d9k

[@hamitaksln]

+1, Do you have any idea why he didn't in the documentary?

[@sudharshanpani585]

I was very excited for this documentary to come out, I felt so emotional by the end of it. This is by far the most valuable documentary for the entire Dev Community.

[@alwinjohn]

This is truly amazing! I was thinking that I'm so lucky to use this technology for my projects, and hearing the story and effort of the Engineers made me realize that I can do much better in work using react. Thank you @Honeypot and all the Team behind this for making this awesome documentary for all those who are in the tech community.

[@tusharniras]

Thank you guys for making this project open source and fighting for it’s existence… you are real heros ❤

[@TayambaMwanza]

Thank you for this beautiful documentary, interesting to see all the highs and lows and its good for newer devs to get context of how we got where we are, personally I didn't think about how Facebook has its own culture from the open source community which affects things. I'm now looking forward to a documentary about Angular, maybe next year since a lot of changes are planned this year. It will be a hectic one because Angular has been through a lot.

[@siyaram2855]

Honeypot we love your work, please make a documentary on Rails. RAILS has done more for startup that the boatload of VC.

[@TheVertical92]

I can't wait for the Svelte Documentary 😍

[@siyaram2855]

They have already made one

[@TheVertical92]

@@siyaram2855 huh? I cant find it. You sure you're not talking about Vue?

[@Zahista]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX7PnHaPgZ6kpZI

[@TheVertical92]

@@Zahista Thats another channel tho 😂

[@alishapayne4121]

Lol looks like somebody has been trying to copy honeypot

[@talharafique8913]

the effort to get back us into early days of react is incredible, im feeling like i was there when all this react thing was happening. !

[@kaname7]

This was just incredible. Thank you HoneyPot for this one.

[@blasedefou]

Thank you guys. And now i'm really looking to React Native team / Expo team as well. You guys changed my life. I've quit my job to move from AngularJS to React by the time 😂 Never regretted my decision I was for the best

[@nivethan_me]

yess we need a React Native documentary by honeypot, i switch from React to React Native, man that was soo smooth

[@marcoscabrinirianidosreis6655]

This was very inspiring, so nice to see get to know those super good developers on the process of creating React

[@jskndeol]

React JS paying my bills since 2018. Thank you for documentary well put together.