If you're like me, you know that being a great backend developer isn't enough. To make *truly* great applications, we need to spend significant time in an area that's moving at a lightning pace: frontend development. This talk is for you: the backend developer that wants to hook their API's up to rich, interactive JavaScript frontends. To do that, first, we need to demystify a lot of new terms, like ES6/ES2015, ECMAScript, JSX, Babel and the idea that modern JavaScript (surprise) *requires* a build step. With this in mind, I'll give you a brief introduction into Webpack & the modular development it finally allows. But the real star is ReactJS. In the frontend world, you never know what new tech will *win*, but React is a star. I'll give you enough of an intro to get you rolling on your project. The new frontend dev world is huge! Consider the starting line down an exciting new journey.