ReactJS Foundations — Start Your Coding Journey

Course Description: ReactJS Foundations for Complete Beginners

Welcome to ReactJS Foundations for Complete Beginners, a comprehensive course designed to take you from zero experience in IT to a confident, skilled React developer.

Eugene Nazaroff meticulously crafted this course, which provides you with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills essential for mastering React and web development.

Course Structure

Each part of the course includes multiple lessons, each comprising:

• A text lesson with detailed lesson materials
• A video lesson to visually and audibly guide you through the concepts
• A quiz with multiple questions to help remember and understand the main concepts
• Homework exercises to reinforce your learning through practice

Learning Path

This course is designed to be flexible, offering two paths to suit different learning preferences:

1. Self-paced Learning

• Access to all lectures, video materials, and homework tasks.
• Participation in a group chat on Slack for peer support and instructor assistance.

2. Mentored Learning

• Personalized feedback on homework from industry experts.
• Unlimited attempts to complete homework tasks.
• One-on-one Slack channel with a dedicated tutor for personalized guidance and support.

Why This Course?

Completing this course will provide you with the foundational knowledge and practical skills necessary to advance to more complex topics and real-world applications. You’ll gain a deep understanding of web development principles, React fundamentals, and modern JavaScript, setting you up for success in your IT career.

What You Will Learn

1. Introduction to Web Development

• Why It’s Important: Understanding the basics of web development is crucial for grasping more advanced concepts in React.
• Key Concepts: Web technologies, client-server model, basic web architecture.

2. VSCode Basics and Git Basics

• Why It’s Important: Familiarity with development tools is essential for efficient coding.
• Key Concepts: Code editor setup, version control, basic Git commands.

3. HTML Basics

• Why It’s Important: HTML is the backbone of web content.
• Key Concepts: HTML tags, structure, semantics.

4. CSS Basics

• Why It’s Important: CSS is crucial for styling web pages.
• Key Concepts: CSS selectors, properties, responsive design.

5. Chrome Dev Tools

• Why It’s Important: Debugging and testing are vital for developing robust applications.
• Key Concepts: Inspecting elements, console, network monitoring.

6. JavaScript Basics You Must Know For React

• Why It’s Important: JavaScript is the programming language of the web.
• Key Concepts: Variables, functions, loops, conditionals.

7. JavaScript ES6+ Features You Must Know For React

• Why It’s Important: Modern JavaScript features are widely used in React.
• Key Concepts: Arrow functions, destructuring, promises, async/await.

8. Introduction to React

• Why It’s Important: React is a powerful library for building user interfaces.
• Key Concepts: Components, JSX, virtual DOM.

9. Setting Up Your React Environment

• Why It’s Important: Proper setup ensures a smooth development experience.
• Key Concepts: Create React App, npm, and project structure.

10. State and Lifecycle in React

• Why It’s Important: State management is key to dynamic applications.
• Key Concepts: State, lifecycle methods, hooks.

11. Handling Events and Forms in React

• Why It’s Important: User interaction is at the heart of web applications.
• Key Concepts: Event handling, form control, validation.

12. Fetching Data and Handling Asynchronous Data in React

• Why It’s Important: Data fetching is crucial for dynamic content.
• Key Concepts: API calls, fetch, async/await.

13. React Router and Navigation

• Why It’s Important: Navigation is essential for multi-page applications.
• Key Concepts: React Router, routes, navigation.

14. Managing Global State with Context API

• Why It’s Important: Global state management simplifies data flow.
• Key Concepts: Context API, providers, consumers.

15. Introduction to Redux

• Why It’s Important: Redux is a powerful tool for state management.
• Key Concepts: Actions, reducers, store.

16. Advanced Redux Patterns

• Why It’s Important: Mastering Redux patterns enhances scalability.
• Key Concepts: Middleware, selectors, thunks.

17. Styling in React

• Why It’s Important: Styling is key to user experience.
• Key Concepts: CSS-in-JS, styled-components, CSS modules.

18. Testing in React

• Why It’s Important: Testing ensures application reliability.
• Key Concepts: Jest, React Testing Library, unit tests.

19. Performance Optimization of React Applications

• Why It’s Important: Optimization improves user experience.
• Key Concepts: Memoization, lazy loading, profiling.

20. Advanced React Components Patterns

• Why It’s Important: Advanced patterns enhance component reusability.
• Key Concepts: Higher-order components, render props, hooks.

21. Deploying React Applications

• Why It’s Important: Deployment is the final step to go live.
• Key Concepts: Build process, hosting, continuous integration.

22. Server-Side Rendering (SSR)

• Why It’s Important: SSR improves performance and SEO.
• Key Concepts: Next.js, hydration, server-side rendering.

23. Static Site Generation (SSG)

• Why It’s Important: SSG provides fast, static content.
• Key Concepts: Gatsby, static generation, performance.

24. Introduction to React Native

• Why It’s Important: React Native allows for mobile app development.
• Key Concepts: Cross-platform development, native modules, mobile UI.

Join us on this journey and transform from a complete beginner to a proficient React developer, ready to tackle advanced courses and build comprehensive, real-world web applications.