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My top four highlights were:
Yes, definitely. The session ‘Functional Programming’ explored language-agnostic principles, primarily demonstrated in Java, helping me grasp immutability and pure functions across different stacks, not just in React. The session ‘It’s Not CSS, It’s YOU’ made me rethink how I collaborate with designers on styled components and utility classes, emphasising shared style tokens to avoid ‘CSS blame games’ and keep UI consistency.
Lastly, the session ‘In Case of Emergency – Managing an Outage’ reminded me that in our high-paced BET Software environment, we need to act like first responders, treat incident response as a team sport (removing fear and blame), collaborate and share information, set up robust monitoring and alerts, and rely on clear runbooks, automated rollbacks, and regular drills.
I’d say embed a ‘Writing Better Code’ mindset in React teams. This means adopt domain‐driven component structures, enforce ‘tidy first’ principles (low coupling, high cohesion), and practice TDD, using heuristics to keep components small and simple, so that every React team writes clean, maintainable code with minimal cognitive overload.
Junior React developers should focus on building solid habits around clean, maintainable code and collaboration. Start by writing components that do one thing well, break complex UIs into small, focused pieces and give them clear names. Embrace code reviews as opportunities to learn; pay attention to feedback on style, structure, and testing, and don’t hesitate to ask questions if something isn’t clear.
From the beginning, write simple tests alongside your components to ensure your code behaves as expected and to catch mistakes early. Work closely with designers and teammates to agree on shared styling and component conventions, so everyone stays aligned and avoids last-minute style fixes.
Finally, develop an awareness of how your code runs in production, learn basic monitoring tools and think about how you would diagnose a problem in a live environment. This mindset will help you write code that’s easier to debug and maintain in a fast-moving, high-pressure team.