NOTE: This post was originally published in March 2018, but has since been revised and updated with new and updated profiles.
Keeping up with any language community can be tough, especially when you're just starting out. Writing software is a challenging pursuit, but like all such challenges it's a lot more fun with friends.
We've collected some of the developers we like to follow on Twitter who frequently work with JavaScript, Node.js, and especially React, the frontend JavaScript framework that has experienced explosive growth over the last few years.
No matter where you are in your career, we hope you'll find inspiration and community from this short list of some of our favorite JavaScript developers.
Here they are in alphabetical order:
Dan Abramov
Working on @reactjs. Co-author of Redux and Create React App.
Twitter: @dan_abramov
GitHub: github.com/gaearon
Medium: medium.com/@dan_abramov
Nicole Archambault
A web developer and educational technology entrepreneur, Nicole made a career change to software in 2015 and founded La Vie en Code, an educational resource dedicated to helping students learn web development.
Twitter: @lavie_encode
Website: www.lavieencode.net
GitHub: github.com/lavieencode
Wes Bos
Full stack web developer, designer, and entrepreneur.
Twitter: @wesbos
Website: wesbos.com
GitHub: github.com/wesbos
Mathias Bynens
Works on Chrome DevTools and @v8js, Google’s high-performance open source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine.
Twitter: @mathias
Blog: mathiasbynens.be
GitHub: github.com/mathiasbynens
Mark Dalgleish
CSS Modules co-creator, @MelbJS organizer, full-stack ECMAScript addict, UI design enthusiast, DesignOps lead at @seekjobs.
Twitter: @markdalgleish
Website: markdalgleish.com
GitHub: github.com/markdalgleish
Gift Egwuenu
Gift is the founder of the Vue Vixens chapter in Nigeria, co-organizer of the Concatenate Conference, an Auth0 Ambassador, and a media developer expert at Cloudinary. She is especially passionate about open source software and making the web accessible to everyone.
Twitter: @lauragift_
Website: giftegwuenu.com
GitHub: github.com/lauragift21
Charlie Gerard
Senior front-end developer @Netlify, speaker and creative technologist.
Twitter: @devdevcharlie
GitHub: github.com/charliegerard
Medium: medium.com/@devdevcharlie
Loiane Groner
Business analyst and senior JavaScript/Java/HTML5 developer for a financial institution; author of books for Packt Publishing.
Twitter: @loiane
Website: loiane.com
GitHub: github.com/loiane
YouTube: youtube.com/loianegroner
Chris Heilmann
Principal Program Manager for Browser Tools at Microsoft and author of Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional.
Twitter: @codepo8
Blog: christianheilmann.com
GitHub: github.com/codepo8
Sophie Koonin
Sophie is a senior web engineer and web discipline lead at Monzo. She cares about web accessibility, keeping the web fun, and lowering the barrier to entry for people learning web development.
Twitter: @type__error
Website: localghost.dev
GitHub: github.com/SophieKoonin/
Benedikt Meurer
Tech lead of Chrome DevTools in Google’s Munich office.
Website: benediktmeurer.de
GitHub: github.com/bmeurer
Stack Exchange: stackoverflow.com/users/839749/bmeurer
Addy Osmani
Engineering manager at Google Chrome and author of Learning JavaScript Design Patterns.
Twitter: @addyosmani
GitHub: github.com/addyosmani
Axel Rauschmayer
Author of Speaking JavaScript and books on ECMAScript, co-curator of ES.next News.
Twitter: @rauschma
Blog: 2ality.com
GitHub: github.com/rauschma
Medium: medium.com/@rauschma
Alex Russell 
Google Chrome Web Platform engineer.
Twitter: @slightlylate
GitHub: github.com/slightlyoff
Jessica Shepherd
Jessica is a full-stack web developer who enjoys working with Node.js and React.
Twitter: @javascript_jess
Website: jessicajade.dev
GitHub: github.com/jessicajades
CJ Silverio
Principal engineer at Eaze.
Twitter: @ceejbot
Blog: ceejbot.tumblr.com
GitHub: github.com/ceejbot
Kyle Simpson
Founder, teacher, mentor, JavaScript expert, and author of Functional-Light JavaScript.
GitHub: github.com/getify
Karolina Szczur
Product design lead at Calibre.
Twitter: @fox
Website: thefox.is
GitHub: github.com/thefoxis
Medium: medium.com/@fox
Anjana Vakil
Anjana is fascinated by languages, both human and machine. She enjoys contributing to open source projects like Zulip, D3, and CPython.
Twitter: @AnjanaVakil
GitHub: github.com/vakila
Cassidy Williams
Principal Developer Experience Engineer @netlify.
Twitter: @cassidoo
Website: cassidoo.co
GitHub: github.com/cassidoo
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