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 # Advanced React Patterns 🤯
 
-Welcome to the workshop
+> Some sweeeeeeeet patterns 🍭
 
-TODO: write more stuff
+👨‍💼 Hello, my name is Peter the Product Manager. I'm here to help you get
+oriented and to give you your assignments for the day!
+
+Today, you'll learn important testing skills for web app development including:
+
+- Latest Ref
+- Composition
+- Compound Components
+- Prop Collections and Getters
+- State Initializer
+- State Reducer
+- Control Props
+
+## Meet the instructor
+
+👨‍🏫 Hi, I'm your instructor [Kent C. Dodds](https://kentcdodds.com). Here's some
+stuff about me:
+
+- 🏡 Utah
+- 👩 👧 👦 👦 👦 🐕
+- 🏢 [kentcdodds.com](https://kentcdodds.com)
+- [🐦](https://twitter.com/kentcdodds)/[🐙](https://github.com/kentcdodds)
+ @kentcdodds
+- 🌌 [EpicWeb.dev](https://EpicWeb.dev)
+- 🚀 [EpicReact.dev](https://EpicReact.dev)
+- 🏆 [testingjavascript.com](https://testingjavascript.com)
+- 🥚 [kcd.im/egghead](https://kcd.im/egghead)
+- 🥋 [kcd.im/fem](https://kcd.im/fem)
+- 💌 [kcd.im/news](https://kcd.im/news)
+- 📝 [kcd.im/blog](https://kcd.im/blog)
+- 📽 [kcd.im/youtube](https://kcd.im/youtube)
+- 🎙 [kcd.im/calls](https://kcd.im/calls)
+
+## What this workshop is
+
+- Lots of exercises
+
+## What this workshop is not
+
+- Solo
+- Lecture
+
+## Logistics
+
+### Schedule
+
+- 😴 Logistics
+- 💪 Latest Ref
+- 💪 Composition
+- 😴 10 Minutes
+- 💪 Compound Components
+- 💪 Prop Collections and Getters
+- 🌮 60 Minutes
+- 💪 State Initializer
+- 💪 State Reducer
+- 😴 10 Minutes
+- 💪 Control Props
+- 😴 10 Minutes
+
+### Scripts
+
+- `npm run start`
+
+### Asking Questions
+
+Please do ask! Interrupt me. If you have an unrelated question, please ask on
+[office hours](https://kcd.im/office-hours) or
+[the call Kent podcast](https://kcd.im/calls).
+
+### Zoom
+
+(For a live remote workshop)
+
+- Help us make this more human by keeping your video on if possible
+- Keep microphone muted unless speaking
+- Breakout rooms
+
+### Exercises
+
+You'll spend all of your time in the `./playground` directory. You'll find the
+problem and solution code in the `./exercises` directory, but you shouldn't need
+to go there unless you're curious. Here's how that is structured:
+
+- `exercises/*.*/README.mdx`: Background information
+- `exercises/*.*/*.problem.*/README.*.mdx`: Problem Instructions
+- `exercises/*.*/*.problem.*`: Exercises with Emoji helpers.
+- `exercises/*.*/*.solution.*`: Solved version
+
+### Emoji
+
+- **Kody the Koala** 🐨 "Do this"
+- **Matthew the Muscle** 💪 "Exercise"
+- **Chuck the Checkered Flag** 🏁 "Final"
+- **Marty the Money Bag** 💰 "Here's a hint"
+- **Olivia the Owl** 🦉 "Pro-tip"
+- **Dominic the Document** 📜 "Docs links"
+- **Barry the Bomb** 💣 "Remove this code"
+- **Peter the Product Manager** 👨‍💼 "Story time"
+- **Alfred the Alert** 🚨 "Extra helpful in test errors"
+- **Kellie the Co-worker** 🧝‍♀️ "Your co-worker"
+
+### Workshop Feedback
+
+Each exercise has an Elaboration and Feedback link. Please fill that out after
+the exercise and instruction.
+
+At the end of the workshop, there's [a survey](/finished). Please fill that out
+as well.
+
+It's a big job and there's lots to do, so, let's get started!