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Gain insights into React fundamentals and Hooks. Delve into styling, app maintenance, and performance optimization. Discover hands-on experience by building a Hacker News app for your portfolio.

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This is a relaunch of my existing course, The Road to Learn React. A lot has changed in React since I first created this course, and so here I am to give you all the information you need to work with modern React. (If you’re looking for content on legacy React, the old course is still available as well.) In this course you will take a deep dive into React fundamentals, covering all new React concepts including Hooks. I do address some legacy features in case you’re working with an older codebase, but the majority of this course will focus on working with modern React. You will learn how to style your app, techniques for maintaining your app, and some more advanced concepts like performance optimization. Throughout the course, you will gain hands-on experience by building a Hacker News app, and by the end of this course, you will be prepared to build your own applications and have something to showcase in your portfolio.

This is a relaunch of my existing course, The Road to Learn React. A lot has changed in React since I first created this course,...Show More

Content

63 Lessons13 Quizzes

Introduction

2 Lessons

Get familiar with React fundamentals, practical applications, and building functional React apps.

Who Is This Course For?

Simple React App

Fundamentals of React

34 Lessons

Walk through React fundamentals, JSX, state management, hooks, data fetching, and async handling.

Hello React

Exploring a React Project Directory Structure

Meet the First React Component

React JSX

Lists in React

Meet Another React Component

React Component Instantiation

React DOM

React Component Definition (Advanced)

Handler Function in JSX

React Props

React State

Callback Handlers in JSX

Lifting State in React

React Controlled Components

Props Handling (Advanced)

React Side-Effects

React Custom Hooks (Advanced)

React Fragments

Reusable React Component

React Component Composition

Imperative React

Inline Handler in JSX

React Asynchronous Data

React Conditional Rendering

React Advanced State

React Impossible States

Data Fetching with React

Data Re-Fetching in React

Memoized Handler in React (Advanced)

Explicit Data Fetching with React

Third-Party Libraries in React

Async/Await in React (Advanced)

Forms in React

React Legacy

3 Lessons

Examine the evolution and current state of React class components and imperative ref handling.

React Class Components

React Class Components: State

Imperative React

Styling in React

3 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of CSS methods, CSS Modules, and SVGs in React applications for styling.

CSS in React

CSS Modules in React

SVGs in React

React Maintenance

5 Lessons

Map out the steps for maintaining React applications with performance optimization, TypeScript, testing, and project structure.

Performance - Avoiding First Render Computation

Performance - Avoiding Heavy Computation

Typescript in React

Unit Testing to Integration Testing

React Project Structure

React World (Advanced)

10 Lessons

Follow the process of advanced sorting, reverse order, memory of searches, avoiding duplicates, and paginated fetch in React.

Challenge: Sorting

Solution Review: Sorting

Challenge: Reverse Sort

Solution Review: Reverse Sort

Challenge: Remember Last Searches

Solution Review: Remember Last Searches

Challenge: Avoiding Duplicates

Solution Review: Avoiding Duplicates

Challenge: Paginated Fetch

Solution Review: Paginated Fetch

Deploying a React Application

2 Lessons

Master the steps to deploy a React application using create-react-app and Firebase Hosting.

Build Process

Deploy to Firebase

Get Live Weather Information Using React

Project

Final Words

1 Lessons

Step through advanced React concepts, from state management to React Native.

Outline

Appendix

3 Lessons

Get started with the author's background, vital FAQs, and setting up a local React project.

About the Author

FAQ

Setup on a Local Machine

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Robin Wieruch

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