The JavaScript & Friends conference, a gathering of about 200 JavaScript developers, went virtual in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's event featured a keynote by Brandon Bayer, who discussed the evolution of fullstack JavaScript with React, highlighting how frameworks like Blitz JS and Redwood JS have simplified project setups since their introduction in 2020. The conference also included a presentation on Ottoman JS, which is an ODM for Couchbase and Node.js, focusing on JSON data modeling and offering a code demonstration. Numerous other insightful talks were delivered, covering topics such as Redis, user engagement in React, TypeScript, React Native app testing, application security, and documentation. The event provided a platform for networking and learning, with all talks available on the JavaScript & Friends YouTube channel for further exploration.