React

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So you want to learn React?
Here are some common approaches

Random Blogs
It's not that blog posts are bad, it's that finding and piecing together unrelated yet up to date posts that form a linear, cohesive path to learning complex technical topics is hard.
Youtube Videos
It's happened to all of us, one moment you're using Youtube to learn about React's useEffect Hook and the next you're watching a "KIDS REACT TO PAYPHONES" video. Finding a high-quality, up-to-date YouTube video that effectively answers all of your questions on a JavaScript topic might actually be more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. With so many videos and zero quality control, it’s easy to get sucked down the YouTube rabbit hole for hours without getting much learning out of it.
Live Workshops
You know what they say, the best learning happens sitting in a classroom for 8 hours at a time listening to dry lectures and working through practice problems that only serve to make you feel comfortable so you’ll feel like you learned something. Oh wait, no. No one says that.
Conferences
Things conferences are great for - networking, travelling on your company's dime, free swag, finding other companies to join. Things conferences are not great for - learning in depth technical topics that you will remember and put into practice literally 3 days later when you’re back at the office, quality wifi.
All-In-One Subscriptions
These are the larger companies that offer courses on seemingly every technology under the sun. We won’t name them, but chances are your company has a business subscription to at least one of them and chances are that you don’t use it much. Their courses are made by a wide assortment of third-party contractors and optimized for production quality, not educational value.

The better approach?
All our courses follow the same proven structure, optimized for knowledge, not the illusion of learning.

Effort
We're obsessed with making the most effective developer education content on the planet. On average, it takes us around 1,900 hours to create a new course. While others prioritize quantity, we optimize for quality.
Non-Contextual Analysis
The first time you're introduced to a topic, any extra contextual information you have to process only serves as a distraction. Although it takes more time, our non-contextual analysis comes in two forms, video and text. This way, no matter how you prefer to learn, there's an option for you.
Quiz
Nothing fancy here. After learning about the topic you'll receive a quiz to make sure you have a solid conceptual understanding before moving on to the hands-on practice.
Non-Contextual Practice
Similar to the non-contextual analysis, context is everything. The first time you're hands-on with a new topic, any extra contextual information you have to process only serves as a distraction. This is why we first have you work through small, focused practice problems before you ever see the new topic in the context of a larger project.
Contextual Practice
You've probably experienced it before, you feel like you're learning so much going through a tutorial only to hit a wall once it's time to actually apply that knowledge outside of the context of the tutorial. All the non-contextual practice in the world is useless if you're not then able to take that knoweldge and apply it towards a (contextual) production level codebase.

The result?

React Mastery

30 Topics
416 Minutes of Video
35,299 Words of Text
14 Quizzes
4 Exercises
2 Projects

Outline

Course Overview

Introduction, Philosophy, and Tips
Projects (What you'll build)
State of React

We'll start the course off with some housekeeping items. You'll learn about the best strategy for getting the most out of the course as well as what you'll build and the current state of React.

Passing Data to Components

Introduction to Props
(Quiz) Props
(Practice) Props
(Solution) Props

With any component based system you need a way to pass data into component. In this section, we'll cover how to do that in React with props.

Functional Components

Pure Functions
(Quiz) Pure Functions
(Project) Language Nav

With React there are two ways to create components. In this section, you'll learn one of those ways utilizing pure functions.

Handling Form State

(Project) Battle Instructions
Forms in React: Controlled vs Uncontrolled Components
(Project) Player Input
(Project) Render PlayerInput
(Project) Player Preview
(Project) Results Skeleton
(Project) API
(Project) Results Data
(Project) Results UI

Handling form state can be different than handling component state in React. In this section you'll learn both approaches as well as their tradeoffs.

Intermission

Check in

Everything after this section is what I would consider 'Advanced React'. This section is to make sure you're where you need to be to continue on.

React Router

Introduction to React Router
(Project) Adding Routes
(Project) Navbar
React Router Query Strings
(Project) Query Strings
404 with React Router
(Project) 404

React Router is the most popular routing solution for React. In this section you'll learn its philosophy as well as how to use it.

Production Builds and Hosting

Building React Apps for Production
(Quiz) Building for Production
(Project) Production Build
(Project) Hosting with Netlify

What's the point of building an app if you can't host it? In this section you'll not only learn how to host a React application, but first how to build your React app for production to make it more performant.

React Overview

Why React?
The React Ecosystem
(Bonus) Imperative vs Declarative Programming
(Bonus) Composition vs Inheritance

Whenever you learn a new tool, you should first ask yourself why it's necessary. If you can't answer that question, you may not need it. In this section, we'll answer that question in regards to React as well as cover some other programming fundamentals that React utlizes.

Rendering Lists

Rendering Lists in React
(Quiz) Lists
(Practice) Lists
(Solution) Lists
(Project) Popular Navar

As a front-end developer, you eventually come to the reality that you're a glorified list creator. In this section you'll learn how to create performant lists in React.

Validating Props with PropTypes

PropTypes
(Practice) PropTypes
(Solution) PropTypes
(Project) Language Nav PropTypes

Things go wrong when you get your types mixed up. In this section you'll learn how to minimize that by using PropTypes.

Composition with React children

children in React
(Project) Reusable Card Component
(Project) Profile List
(Project) Reset Players

Composition is at the heart of React. In this section you'll learn about React's 'children' feature which allows you to compose components more elegantly.

Code Sharing in React

Higher Order Components
(Quiz) Higher Order Components
(Project) Tooltip
(Project) withHover Higher Order Component
React Render Props
(Quiz) Render Props
(Project) Hover Render Prop

The problem is coupling UI to a component is it makes it hard to reshare non-visual logic. In this section you'll learn two strategies for best accomplishing that - Higher-order components and Render Props.

Better Classes with Class Fields

Class Fields
(Quiz) Class Fields
(Project) Migrating to Class Fields

In this section you'll learn how to utilize JavaScript's new Class Fields feature to make your React components more concise.

Bonus Time

(Bonus) React Interview Questions
(Bonus) React 'AHA' Moments
Next Steps

In this section you'll learn everything else about React that you need to know that didn't fit into the normal flow of the course.

The Road to Hello World

Everything you should know about NPM
(Quiz) NPM
Webpack: A Gentle Introduction
(Quiz) Webpack
(Project) First Component
(Bonus) React Elements vs React Components
JSX Tips for Beginners
(Quiz) JSX

There's more to learning how to build React apps than React itself. In this section you'll learn those topics which include NPM and Webpack.

Managing State

The 'this' keyword: Intro and Implicit Binding
The 'this' keyword: Explicit binding with .call, .apply, and .bind
The 'this' keyword: 'new', 'lexical', and 'window' binding
(Quiz) The 'this' Keyword
Managing State in React
(Quiz) State in React
(Practice) State
(Solution) State
(Project) Navbar State

Components managing their own state is part of what makes React so special. In this section you'll learn how to do that as well as some pitfalls to watch out for.

The Component Lifecycle

The React Component Lifecycle
(Quiz) The Component Lifecycle
(Project) Fetch Repos
(Project) Caching Repos
React Icons
(Project) Repos Grid

React exposes various methods that allow you to hook into the component life-cycle. In this section you'll learn what those methods are as well as pitfalls to avoid.

Building Reusable Components

Default Props
(Project) Loading Component

What good would a component model be without reusability. In this section you'll learn how to create highly reusable React components.

Bypassing Props with React Context

React Context
(Quiz) Context
(Project) Theme Provider
(Project) Toggle Theme
(Project) Consume Theme

Sometimes you need to pass data deep into the component tree. In this section you'll learn how to do that using React's context feature.

Performance Gains with Code Splitting

Code Splitting with React Router v4
(Quiz) Code Splitting
(Project) Code Split

In this section you'll learn how to code split your applications for increased performance gains.

Hype

Kenny Rogers
I've taken a few React courses and this is the one that finally made things click for me. The combination of explanations of the reasons behind certain React concepts, and the practical application of those concepts really helps the information stick. I highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to learn React.
Sam Jeffcoat
This course is great! It starts from the ground up and teaches you concepts you won't learn in most courses or bootcamps! I really enjoyed learning about webpack and babel under the hood.
Cyrus
The best part of this course is it doesn't teach you just how to do it but rather also why to do it. The course is absolutely incredible. I feel i have a good understanding of React now.
Tibor Kircsi
This React course was as React itself. Simple, clear and brilliant. Thanks Tyler for the effort! I liked the detail and structure of this course and I liked it is not the 999 beginner React tutorial. ;)
David Hardwick
A continuous climb of the stairs towards mastery. Tyler is a true expert, because it takes an expert to make a complex topic this simple.

FAQ

What makes these courses different from other online courses?
Our courses are designed to teach you everything you need to know to confidently write production-ready code. The tradeoff is it will require more work and focus than a course that features a few bite-sized screencasts. Real learning takes time, but you can feel confident that once you've finished a course, you’ll have mastered everything you need to know with minimal knowledge gaps.
Do the courses have captions?
Yes.
How long should I expect each course to take?
Naturally, it depends. Considering all our courses are comprised of video, text, quizzes, practice problems, and curriculum - 15-30 hours per course is a safe assumption.
In which order should I take the courses?
If you're comfortable with JavaScript (including ES6) and want to jump straight to React, go with "React", "React Hooks", then any other course that looks interesting. If you're not comfortable with JavaScript, start with "Modern JavaScript", then "Advanced JavaScript", then any other course you'd like.
What level of experience is required for getting the most out of these courses?
A fundamental understanding of JavaScript or familiarity with another programming language. For example, you should be comfortable with functions, arguments, loops, control flow, etc. If you want to jump straight in to the React courses, we recommend having a stronger knowledge of JavaScript, which you can get from our JavaScript courses if you’re unsure.
How does the subscription work?
Like Netflix. You pay $40 per month or $350 per year for access to all our courses, premium newsletters, and events. Your subscription will be active until you cancel, which you can do at any time in your dashboard.
I need an official invoice with certain fields like VAT. Can I get one?
Once you sign up, as part of the welcome email, you'll be given a link to fill out where you can input all your company's info.
What projects will I build throughout the courses
You can find every project on the /projects page.

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