Why ReactJS

React.js is a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces, particularly for complex web interfaces. There are several reasons why developers choose React.js:

1. Declarative: React allows developers to describe the UI state and how it should render in a declarative way. This makes the code more predictable and easier to debug.
2. Component-Based: React uses a component-based architecture, where UIs are composed of small, isolated pieces of code called components. This makes it easier to manage and reuse code, leading to better organization and maintainability.
3. JSX: React uses JSX/TSX, a syntax extension that allows developers to write HTML-like code directly within JavaScript/TypeScript. This makes the code more readable and easier to understand, especially for those familiar with HTML.
4. Community and Ecosystem: React has a large and active community, with many libraries and tools available to help developers build and maintain React applications. Learning React opens up a whole new world of possibilities.
5. Performance: React is known for its performance optimizations. Additionally, React applications can be server-side rendered or statically generated, which can improve initial load times and SEO.

Overall, React.js provides a powerful and flexible framework for building modern web applications, making it a popular choice for developers worldwide.

Learning Objectives

• Get started with a simple React Application
• Learn the basics of React like JSX
• Understand React features like hooks
• Deploy your React Application for free
• Be ready to use React for active day to day development

Prerequisites

Knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript will be extremely helpful. We have excellent courses that cover JavaScript and TypeScript.

While deep knowledge of HTML / CSS is not required, some familiarity will be useful for lessons that map these concepts to React.

Target Audience

If you want to get started with React in order to use it effectively day to day this course is for you. We get you started on React as simply as possible and cover enough concepts that you will be comfortable picking up specific concepts needed for advanced projects 🥋.

Why This Course

I've been working with React for a long time. Lead multiple teams and multiple React Projects to successful completion. Helped a lot of people with React on StackOverflow.

This course takes those learnings, updates them for modern React and presents it in a very simple / easy to digest fashion. We start with simple things, and wrap up with a full game example project deployed for free on the public internet.

A lot of effort has gone into this course to make sure you get all the knowledge you need as quickly as possible. No time wasting here. You will learn quickly and be on your way, building great things 🎄