React Conf recap blog post

Author: Brian Vaughn

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+title: "React Conf recap: Hooks, Suspense, and Concurrent Rendering"
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+This year’s [React Conf](https://conf.reactjs.org/) took place on October 25 and 26 in Henderson, Nevada, where more than 600 attendees gathered to discuss the latest in UI engineering.
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+Sophie Alpert and Dan Abramov kicked off Day 1 with their keynote, [React Today and Tomorrow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-QO-KO90iQ&index=1&list=PLPxbbTqCLbGE5AihOSExAa4wUM-P42EIJ). In the talk, they introduced [Hooks](/docs/hooks-intro.html), which are a new proposal that adds the ability to access features such as state without writing a JavaScript class. Hooks promise to dramatically simplify the code required for React components and are currently available in a React 16.7 alpha release.
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+On the morning of Day 2, Andrew Clark and Brian Vaughn presented [Concurrent Rendering in React](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByBPyMBTzM0&list=PLPxbbTqCLbGE5AihOSExAa4wUM-P42EIJ&index=15). Andrew covered the recently announced [React.lazy API for code splitting](/blog/2018/10/23/react-v-16-6.html) and previewed two upcoming features in 16.7: concurrent mode and Suspense. Brian demonstrated how to use [React’s new profiler](/blog/2018/09/10/introducing-the-react-profiler.html) tooling to make apps built in React run faster.
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+In the afternoon, Parashuram N spoke in detail about [React Native’s New Architecture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcqRXTriUVI&index=25&list=PLPxbbTqCLbGE5AihOSExAa4wUM-P42EIJ), a long-term project that the React Native team has been working on over the past year and [announced in June](https://facebook.github.io/react-native/blog/2018/06/14/state-of-react-native-2018). We’re really excited about the potential of this project to improve performance, simplify interoperability with other libraries, and set a strong foundation for the future of React Native.
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+Now that the conference is over, all 28 conference talks are [available to stream online](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPxbbTqCLbGE5AihOSExAa4wUM-P42EIJ). There are tons of great ones from both days. We can’t wait until next year!