Getting Started with React Essentials is a fast-paced, three-day hands-on course designed to get intermediate-skilled web developers quickly up and running with core React skills. Geared for more experienced web developers new to React, this course provides students with the core knowledge and hands-on skills they require to build reliable, powerful React apps.
Throughout the course students will explore React fundamentals with a progressive, example-driven approach. You’ll create your first apps, learn how to write components, start handling user interaction, and manage rich forms. We end the first part by exploring the ways to create a new React application, and building a multi-page app that uses client-side routing.
- Students will build Single Page Applications (SPA), create robust routing with error handling, and use both class and functional reusable components.
- The lab project will also include the use of form validation.
NOTE: This course explores how to build your first React application. You should be an experienced web developer, with solid, current, incoming hands-on experience with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. Students who want a deeper dive into more intermediate level topics such as Redux, REST, and deeper Unit Testing and more might consider the TT4195 Mastering React Boot Camp five-day superset of this class as an alternative.
- Price: $2,195.00
- Duration: 1 day
- Delivery Methods: Virtual
Date | Time | Price | Option |
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02/03/2025 | 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM CT | $2,195.00 | |
04/07/2025 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $2,195.00 | |
06/09/2025 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $2,195.00 | |
08/18/2025 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $2,195.00 | |
10/06/2025 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $2,195.00 | |
08/18/2025 | 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM CT | $2,195.00 |
Please note that topics, agenda and labs are subject to change, and may adjust during live delivery based on audience skill level, interests and participation. This course is 50% hands-on lab to lecture ratio.
1. ES6 Quick Refresher / Overview
- Prefer const and let over var
- Arrow functions
- Modules
- Object.assign()
- Template literals
- The spread operator and Rest parameters
- Enhanced object literals
- Default arguments
- Destructuring assignments
2. Getting Started
- Setting up your development environment
- JavaScript ES6 /ES7
3. Creating a New React App
- Create-next-app
- Create-vite
- Create-react-app
4. Class and Functional Components
- What’s a component?
- Class components
- Functional components – Motivation behind Hooks
- How Hooks Map to Component Classes
- Our first component
- Building The App
- Props – Making The App data-driven
- Props – this.props vs props
- Events – Your app’s first interaction
- useEffect() Hook Example
- State – Updating state
- useState() Hook Example
5. JSX and the Virtual DOM Overview
- React Uses a Virtual DOM
- Why Not Modify the Actual DOM?
- What is a Virtual DOM?
- Virtual DOM Pieces
- ReactElement
6. Bonus Review: JSX
- JSX Creates Elements
- JSX Attribute Expressions
- JSX Conditional Child Expressions
- JSX Boolean Attributes
- JSX Comments
- JSX Spread Syntax
- JSX Gotchas
7. Forms
- Forms 101
- Text Input
- Multiple fields
- Validation
8. Routing
- What’s in a URL?
- React Router’s core components
- Building the components of react-router
Bonus Content / Time Permitting
9. Unit Testing & Jest
- Writing tests without a framework
- What is Jest?
- Using Jest
- Testing strategies for React applications
- Testing a basic React component with Enzyme
Learning Objectives
This course combines engaging instructor-led presentations and useful demonstrations with valuable hands-on labs and engaging group activities. Throughout the course you’ll learn how to:
- A basic and advanced understanding of React components
- An advanced, in-depth knowledge of how React works
- How to build, validate, and populate interactive forms
- How to use inline styles for perfect looking components
- How to test React components
- How to build and use components
If your team requires different topics, additional skills or a custom approach, our team will collaborate with you to adjust the course to focus on your specific learning objectives and goals.
This course is for intermediate-skilled web developers new to React who have current, incoming hands-on experience working HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
Students should have incoming practical skills aligned with those in the course(s) below, or should have attended the following course(s) as a pre-requisite:
- Introduction to HTML5 / CSS3 & JavaScript Essentials