Getting Started with React | Introduction to React Basics

Learn Step by Step Basic React Application Development | Explore Basics, Components, Forms, Routing & Basic Unit Tests

TT4190

Introductory

3 Days

Course Overview

Getting Started with React / Introduction to React Basics is a three-day hands-on course designed to get students quickly up and running with Core React skills. Geared for more experienced web developers new to React, this course provides students with the core knowledge and hands-on skills they require to build reliable, powerful React apps.

Throughought the course students will explore React fundamentals with a progressive, example-driven approach. You’ll create your first apps, learn how to write components, start handling user interaction, and manage rich forms. We end the first part by exploring the inner workings of Create React App (Facebook’s tool for running React apps), and building a multi-page app that uses client-side routing.

Every project in this course was built using Create React App. Create React App is based on Webpack, a tool which helps process and bundle our various JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and image files. We explore Create React App in-depth in the module “Using Webpack with Create React App.”

  • Students will build Single Page Applications (SPA), create robust routing with error handling, and both class and functional reusable components.
  • The lab project will also include the use of form validation.

Our engaging instructors and mentors are highly experienced practitioners who bring years of current "on-the-job" experience into every classroom. Working in a hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will learn about and explore:

  • A basic and advanced understanding of React components
  • An advanced, in-depth knowledge of how React works
  • How to build, validate, and populate interactive forms
  • How to use inline styles for perfect looking components
  • How to test React components
  • How to build and use components

NOTE: This is a foundational course that explores how to build your first React application. Students who want a deeper dive, with more intermediate level topics such as Redux, REST, Unit Testing and more might consider the TT4195 Mastering React five-day superset of this class as an alternative.

Course Objectives

Our engaging instructors and mentors are highly experienced practitioners who bring years of current "on-the-job" experience into every classroom. Working in a hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will learn about and explore:

  • A basic and advanced understanding of React components
  • An advanced, in-depth knowledge of how React works
  • How to build, validate, and populate interactive forms
  • How to use inline styles for perfect looking components
  • How to test React components
  • How to build and use components

Need different skills or topics?  If your team requires different topics or tools, additional skills or custom approach, this course may be further adjusted to accommodate.  We offer additional React, JavaScript, Node.js, Angular, general web development and other related  courses which may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your learning objectives.

Course Prerequisites

In order to be successful in this class, incoming attendees are required to have current, hands-on experience in developing basic web applications, and be versed in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.  This is an introductory level React development course but an intermediate level web development class, designed for experienced web developers that need to further extend their skills in web development.

Please see the Related Courses tab for specific Pre-Requisite courses, Related Courses that offer similar skills or topics, and next-step Follow-On Courses and Learning Path recommendations.

Course Agenda

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We’ll work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most.

ES6 Primer (Overview)                                            
Prefer const and let over var                                      
Arrow functions                                              
Modules                                                    
Object.assign()                                              
Template literals                                               
The spread operator and Rest parameters                                       
Enhanced object literals                                          
Default arguments                                            
Destructuring assignments      

Your First React Web Application (Overview)                                  
Setting up your development environment                             
JavaScript ES6 /ES7                                               
Getting started                                                

Using Webpack with Create React App
JavaScript modules
Create React App
Exploring Create React App
Webpack basics
Making modifications
Hot reloading; Auto-reloading
Creating a production build
Ejecting  

Class and Functional Components
What’s a component?                     
Class components
Functional components - Motivation behind Hooks
How Hooks Map to Component Classes
Our first component                                           
Building The App                                                
Props - Making The App data-driven
Props – this.props vs props
Events - Your app’s first interaction
useEffect() Hook Example
State - Updating state
useState() Hook Example

JSX and the Virtual DOM (Overview)                                             
React Uses a Virtual DOM  
Why Not Modify the Actual DOM?
What is a Virtual DOM?
Virtual DOM Pieces
ReactElement

BONUS READING MATERIAL - JSX
JSX Creates Elements
JSX Attribute Expressions  
JSX Conditional Child Expressions
JSX Boolean Attributes
JSX Comments
JSX Spread Syntax
JSX Gotchas
JSX Summary  

Forms  
Forms 101
Text Input
Multiple fields
Validation

Routing
What’s in a URL?
React Router’s core components
Building the components of react-router  

Unit Testing & Jest (Time Permitting)
Writing tests without a framework
What is Jest?
Using Jest
Testing strategies for React applications
Testing a basic React component with Enzyme

     

Course Materials

Student Materials: Each participant will receive a digital Student Guide and/or Course Notes, code samples, software tutorials, step-by-step written lab instructions (as applicable), diagrams and related reference materials and resource links. Students will also receive the project files (or code, if applicable) and solutions required for the hands-on work.

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