Course Outline
Development of modern front-end applications
- Comparison and similarities between React, Angular, and Vue.js
- Declarative rendering concepts
- Components: defining custom HTML tags
- Initializing React projects using create-react-app
Modern JavaScript
- Development using node.js and npm
- Evolution of JavaScript versions
- Working with modules
- Functions and arrow functions
- Classes
- Functional programming in JavaScript (map, filter, etc.)
TypeScript
- Static vs. dynamic typing
- Typing variables, functions, and classes
- Basic data types
- Tuples and objects
- Interfaces
- Generics
React template language
- JSX: A JavaScript-based template language
- Setting element properties
- Rendering lists of elements
- Conditional rendering (if / else)
- Handling events
- CSS classes and styles
Managing state in React
- Setting and updating application state
- Utilizing the state hook and setState
- Capturing input element content into state
Components: Building blocks of modern web applications
- Defining custom HTML tags in React
- State, props & events
- Data flow between components
- Function components vs. class components
- Implementing hooks in function components
- Component lifecycle events (mount, update, unmount)
- Integrating predefined library components
State management with Redux
- Redux fundamentals: state management via pure functions, reducers, and immutable data
- Using the reducer hook in React
- Integrating Redux into a React application
- Presentational and container components
- The Redux ecosystem
- Handling asynchronous events with Thunk
- Fetching data from REST APIs
Developer tools and testing
- React developer tools
- Redux developer tools
- Testing JavaScript with Jest
- Testing reducers
- Testing React components
React Router
- Client-side routing
- Displaying different views based on the current browser route
App development with React
- Brief overview of React Native
- Creating installable mobile and desktop applications with Progressive Web Apps
- Comparing Progressive Web Apps with native apps
Requirements
- Foundational knowledge of HTML
- Practical experience with JavaScript
Testimonials (7)
It was really good to finally get a solid understanding of some of the core concepts in React, especially things like the state and hooks. Łukasz provided really clear explanations of these, and was happy to experiment with worked examples to help clarify further questions that we had.
Hayden Pike - Powerlink Queensland
Course - React, Redux and TypeScript
The details amout, way of explaning and the calm and confidence the trainer is inspiring.
Cosmin Ghergheles - Ness
Course - React, Redux and TypeScript
It covered the basic components
Valentin
Course - React, Redux and TypeScript
Lukasz's enthusiasm.
Eloise Phelps - Dunelm
Course - React, Redux and TypeScript
How Luke made a good effort to helping people individually when they were having problems running the code. Luke was extremely friendly and got a long well with the course participants.
Jonathan Grout - Dunelm
Course - React, Redux and TypeScript
The engagement from the trainer with all the participants was great, everyone got help at some stage of the course. It was a great experience overall, specially for people not familiar with the subject.
Tayyab Ejaz Mushtaq - Dunelm
Course - React, Redux and TypeScript
I liked the fact it felt like a safe environment and I didn't feel intimidated sharing my screen and my struggles with the trainer or the group.
