Mastering React is a comprehensive hands-on course that aims to be the single most useful resource on getting up to speed quickly with React. 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. After the first few modules, you’ll have a solid understanding of React’s fundamentals and will be able to build a wide array of rich, interactive web apps with the framework. The first module is an introduction to the new functionality in ECMAScript 6 (JavaScript). Client-side routing between pages, managing complex state, and heavy API interaction at scale are also covered.
This course consists of two parts. In the first part of the course students will explore all the 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), writing automated unit tests, and building a multi-page app that uses client-side routing.
The latter part of the course moves into more advanced concepts that you’ll see used in large, production applications. These concepts explore strategies for data architecture, transport, and management:
Hands-on Learning: 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.”
Working in a hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will learn about and explore:
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:
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, web development and design courses which may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your development objectives.
This fast-paced course is for intermediate skilled web developers new to React who have prior experienced working HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
Take Before: Attendees should have experience with the topics in the following courses, or should have recently attended these as a pre-requisite:
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.
Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We will work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most.
ES6 Primer
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
EXTRA READING MATERIAL - JSX
JSX Creates Elements
JSX Attribute Expressions
JSX Conditional Child Expressions
JSX Boolean Attributes
JSX Comments
JSX Spread Syntax
JSX Gotchas
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
Writing tests without a framework
What is Jest?
Using Jest
Testing strategies for React applications
Testing a basic React component with Enzyme
Components – with both class and functional examples
A time-logging app
Getting started
Breaking the app into components
The steps for building React apps from scratch
Step 2: Build a static version of the app
Step 3: Determine what should be stateful
Step 4: Determine in which component each piece of state should live
Step 5: Hard-code initial states
Step 6: Add inverse data flow
Updating timers
Deleting timers
Adding timing functionality
Add start and stop functionality
Methodology review
Advanced Component Configuration with props, state, and children (Overview)
PropTypes
Context
useContext() Hook Example
More on state
Talking to Children Components with props.children
Flux and Redux Basics
Why Flux?
Flux is a Design Pattern
Flux implementations
Redux & Redux’s key ideas
Building a counter
The core of Redux
The beginnings of a chat app
Building the reducer()
Subscribing to the store
Connecting Redux to React
Intermediate Redux
Using createStore() from the redux library
Representing messages as objects in state
Introducing threads
Adding the ThreadTabs component
Supporting threads in the reducer
Adding the action OPEN_THREAD
BONUS CONTENT / Time permitting
Debugging React
Using React Developer Tools
Using Visual Studio Code
OPTIONAL - Using the Chrome F12 Debugger
React Hooks
Using Custom Hooks
REST
REST Basics
Using fetch
Using axios
Student Materials: Each participant will receive a Student Guide with course notes, code samples, software tutorials, step-by-step written lab instructions, 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. Any courseware of lab materials provided in a cloud (if applicable) will also be made available to you separately.
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