React

This course gives you the practical skills to confidently build single page applications using React, with a thorough grounding in components, hooks, routing, and state management with Redux. You will work with modern JavaScript throughout, explore core principles such as the virtual DOM, and develop the tools and techniques needed to create robust, scalable applications.

Modern JavaScript Foundations

Get up to speed with the ES6+ features that underpin modern React development, including arrow functions, destructuring, classes, promises, and modules. You will learn how to use contemporary syntax to write cleaner, more maintainable code and set up your development environment using tools like Babel and Webpack.

Building with JSX and Components

Learn how to embed JSX within your JavaScript, create and render components, and manage props and state effectively. You will explore the difference between functional and class components, apply best practices for writing reusable UI elements, and gain a clear understanding of how React uses the virtual DOM to update interfaces efficiently.

Managing State and Lifecycle

Explore the lifecycle of React components, learn how to lift and manage state, and use hooks as a modern alternative to class-based logic. You will cover state versus props, component lifecycle methods, and the importance of immutability, before refactoring class-based components to functional ones using hooks.