This course is a beginner's gateway into the mechanics of using Redux as an application building platform. It takes a bottom-up approach, enforcing the basic aspects of Redux before incorporating them together in a creative and interactive way. It begins with a short theoretical section before moving on to application based problems. 
The course does assume that the user has a basic idea of how React works, as Redux works in the React environment. Let's dive in!

Understanding Redux: A Beginner's Guide To State Management

In the last lesson, we covered all but one aspect of the ButtonGroup implementation: the **data-tech attribute**. This is called a data attribute, which exists for each button. 

It is a way to store some extra information that doesn’t have any visual representation. It makes it slightly easier to grab certain values off of an element.

A completely rendered button will look like this:

The implementation of a button dispatching an onClick action

Getting to know Redux (Theory)

Your First Redux Application

Understanding State Updates with Actions

Building Skypey: A More Advanced Example

Building Skypey: Designing the State Object

Building Skypey: The User Component

Building Skypey: The Empty Screen

Building Skypey: The Chat Window

Building Skypey: Header and Chat Window

Building Skypey: Messaging

The Skypey App

Bringing Everything Together: Handling Button Clicks