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Preact - Up and Running

Yep, you heard it right, not React, but Preact! Let’s take a look at this small, fast, lightweight JavaScript library that gives you great performance in a small package - about 3.5 kb! Touting itself as ‘closer to the metal’, Preact targets modern browsers to deliver a fast, modern web experience. Let’s dive into Preact, learning how it differs from React and how easy it is to build a web presence with this small, but effective, tool.

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Jen Looper

Jen Looper

Technical Educator

Jen Looper is a creative technologist and educator with over 25 years’ experience as a web and mobile developer and Developer Advocate at companies including Microsoft and AWS, specializing in creating cross-platform mobile and web apps and applied machine learning. A published author, Jen has written Computer Science for Kids, a textbook aligned to CSTA standards for grades 6-8, as well as The Illustrated AWS Cloud, both published by Wiley. She’s a multilingual multiculturalist with a passion for web technologies, applied machine learning and AI and discovering new things every day. With a PhD in medieval French literature, Jen’s area of focus is curriculum development and the application of sound pedagogy to technical topics. Visit Jen’s personal site at https://www.jenlooper.com.

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