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JS Days 2026: What's New This Year for JavaScript Developers

Sencha's JS Days is back for 2026 — free, virtual, and this year's program is heavier on the stuff developers are actually dealing with day-to-day.

Dates: September 16–17, 2026
** Format*: Fully virtual, join from anywhere
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Cost*: Free
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Register**: jsdays.io

What's New This Year
The 2026 program focuses on topics that weren't front and center in previous editions:

AI-assisted development, done right
A dedicated session on building AI agents with JavaScript, React, and ReExt. Practical patterns for integrating AI into real workflows without losing code quality or oversight.

Cross-framework interoperability
Real coverage of what happens when React sits next to Ext JS or legacy stacks. Practical approaches to reducing friction across mixed codebases.

A production case study
A full walkthrough of a real recruitment app — architecture, trade-offs, what shipped, what didn't. This kind of session is rare at bigger conferences and worth showing up for.

UI design for enterprise apps
Component-level design decisions from a Sencha MVP with years of production experience. Less "trends," more "here's what actually works.

Low-code workflows for JavaScript teams
Day 2 dives into how modern teams are using low-code tools alongside traditional development to ship faster.

The Speaker Lineup

  • James Cahill — General Manager, Sencha (opening keynote)
  • Marc Gusmano — Sales Engineer, Sencha (AI agents with React + ReExt)
  • Wemerson Januario — Developer Advocate, Sencha
  • César Martell — Software Developer (recruitment app case study)
  • Andres Villalba — Sales Engineer, Sencha
  • Rafael Méndez — Sencha MVP (UI design best practices)

More speakers being announced soon.

How the Two Days Work
Day 1: Opens with the keynote, followed by 45-minute focused sessions across multiple tracks.
Day 2: Focuses on low-code, UI design, and React — streamed live with speaker Q&A and open discussion rooms.
Short sessions. High signal. No filler.
Why Register

  • Free, virtual, and open to developers anywhere
  • Speakers who actually ship JavaScript code for a living
  • Sessions built around problems real teams are facing
  • 45-minute format — you get the point, you don't lose the day

Registration takes under a minute.
Register: jsdays.io

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