This talk will teach you the very basics of using React. We will be covering things like basic component creation, rendering React to the DOM, and basic state management. We will also have a brief discussion about some of the core concepts behind React. Such as the virtual dom, and functional programming. At the end of this talk users will have the required knowledge to build a simple React Application. This talk will also include a number of practical examples, and those in attendance will be able to demo the examples using free online tools such as codesandbox.