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We’re a community,
not an audience.

Students, career-shifters and working engineers in Cebu, learning React together since 2019.

How we run things

Four things that never change.
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Every event is free to attend.

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A full hall of people watching a talk

Every level

First component or fiftieth, you belong in the room.

Learn the basics with people who remember being new. Training sessions and Saturday code camps.See upcoming events
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A member giving a talk beside a projected slide

Anyone can speak

Five minutes, any topic, any level.

Most talks come from members. First-timers get a mentor.

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Members smiling at a workshop

Kind by default

The same code of conduct applies at every event, in the Facebook group, and anywhere else we meet.

Read the code of conduct

How we got here

Built by members, one event at a time.

  1. Everyone at the first React Cebu meetup, gathered in front of the screen
    Where it started2019

    The first meetup

    More than 50 developers came to The Company Cebu for the first React Cebu meetup.

  2. Everyone at the Gatsby workshop gathered for a group photo
    October2019

    Gatsby workshop

    A hands-on workshop at the Go Negosyo Center, UP Cebu.

  3. A close-up of a Hacktoberfest shirt
    October2025

    Cebu Hacktoberfest

    Co-led by JavaScript Cebu with PizzaPy and Ethereum Philippines: talks, workshops and hack nights all month.

  4. The new React Cebu homepage open on a laptop
    November2026

    A new home online

    The site you’re looking at, built by members with Next.js.

The people leading React Cebu

Organizers, speakers and mentors

Dorell James at sunrise on a mountain, in a knit cap and gloves
Dorell James
Cleo Credo smiling in a garden, sitting on a stone railing
Cleo Credo
Sieg Balona in a black cap and shirt at a workshop
Sieg Balona
Ariel Pasilang in a blue jacket on a grassy mountain
Ariel Pasilang
A speaker pointing at the screen while people follow along at a wooden table
A member laughing at a meetup, wearing a name tag
People talking around a wooden table with a tablet in front of them
A member smiling and making a peace sign
A member smiling behind a laptop covered in stickers

Code of conduct

If something makes you uncomfortable at an event or online, tell any organizer or email react@jscebu.org. We read every report.

Report a problem
  • Be kind, especially to beginners.
  • Make room for everyone in the conversation.
  • No harassment, in any form, ever.
  • Respect people’s ideas and boundaries.

Help us run the next one.

Every event runs on volunteer time. Set up chairs, run the stream or welcome first-timers.

Email us to volunteerJoin the Facebook page