Frontend Development with React

Overview

Class Central Tips

This course is designed to take you from React fundamentals to advanced frontend development techniques, empowering you to build dynamic and interactive web applications. Starting with a solid introduction to React, you’ll learn to set up your environment, create reusable components, and structure your application effectively. You'll explore how to implement complex UI layouts using Bootstrap, and integrate third-party libraries to enhance your application's functionality and aesthetics. As you progress, the course delves into state management using Redux, a powerful tool for managing global application state. You’ll learn to create and configure Redux stores, write actions and reducers, and connect them to your React components. This section covers how to handle user authentication and session management, ensuring that your application can securely manage user data and interactions. The course also addresses best practices for error handling and form validations, making your application robust and user-friendly. Towards the end, you’ll explore advanced topics such as connecting your frontend to backend APIs, handling asynchronous operations with Redux middleware, and creating responsive navigation components. By the end of this course, you'll have the skills to build fully functional, production-ready frontend applications using React and Redux, and deploy them with confidence. This course is ideal for developers with basic JavaScript and HTML/CSS skills who want to learn frontend development with React. Prior experience with React is helpful but not required, as the course covers everything from the basics to advanced concepts.

Syllabus

Post API Routes

In this module, we will build the functionality for posts within the application. You will learn how to create, update, and delete posts, as well as manage user interactions like comments and likes.

Getting Started With React & the Frontend

In this module, we will transition to the frontend, starting with setting up the React environment. You will implement a basic UI using Bootstrap and begin developing the structure of the user interface.

React Router & Component State

In this module, we will enhance the frontend by implementing navigation and managing state within components. You will learn to create forms for user registration and login, handle user input, and display errors effectively.

Redux & Authentication

In this module, we will integrate Redux for state management, focusing on user authentication. You will build actions and reducers for login and registration, and manage user sessions effectively within the application.