Frontend Development with React

Throughout the course, you’ll gain hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React, mastering components, state management, routing, and API integration. You’ll also explore advanced topics like TypeScript, Zustand, forms, animations, and testing to build dynamic and scalable applications.

Whether you’re an aspiring frontend developer, a backend developer transitioning to full-stack, or a tech enthusiast looking to enhance your React skills, this course will equip you with the expertise to build and deploy real-world projects using Vercel or Netlify.

3 months

HTML, CSS, and Tailwind CSS

HTML (HyperText Markup Language): HTML is the backbone of web development, used to create the structure and content of web pages. It uses elements like headings, paragraphs, links, and forms to define how information is displayed.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): CSS is a styling language used to design the appearance of HTML elements. It helps in creating visually appealing layouts with features like colors, fonts, spacing, and responsive designs using techniques like Flexbox and Grid.,
Tailwind CSS: Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that simplifies styling by using pre-defined classes. It enables developers to quickly design responsive and modern web interfaces without writing custom CSS from scratch.

Topics Covered:

HTML: Semantic elements, forms, and accessibility, CSS: Box model, flexbox, grid, responsive design, Tailwind CSS: Utility classes, responsive styling, and custom themes

What You Learn This Week:

Create responsive web layouts using HTML, CSS, and Tailwind CSS.

JavaScript Fundamentals

JavaScript is a versatile language for creating interactive web content. It enables real-time manipulation of HTML and CSS, enhancing user experience without page reloads. Key features include variables, functions, Document Object Model (DOM) manipulation, event handling, and asynchronous programming for smooth data fetching. Essential for modern web applications, JavaScript powers dynamic and responsive interfaces.

Topics Covered:

Variables, functions, arrays, and objects, ES6+ features: Arrow functions, destructuring, classes, promises, DOM manipulation and event handling

What You Learn This Week:

Master JavaScript basics and ES6+ features required for React.

TypeScript Basics

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds static typing to the language, helping developers catch errors early during development. It allows you to define types for variables, functions, and objects, improving code clarity and reducing bugs. TypeScript is compiled to plain JavaScript, making it compatible with any browser or JavaScript environment. It also supports advanced features like interfaces, generics, and decorators, enhancing the scalability and maintainability of large applications.

Topics Covered:

TypeScript syntax, types, and interfaces, Typing props, state, and events, Advanced types and generics

What You Learn This Week:

Use TypeScript to write type-safe React applications.

Introduction to React

React is a JavaScript library for building fast, dynamic UIs in single-page applications. It features reusable components, a virtual Document Object Model (DOM) for efficient rendering, and state management with hooks, making it ideal for modern web development.

Topics Covered:

Setting up a React project with Vite or CRA, React components and JSX, Props and event handling

What You Learn This Week:

Build reusable components and handle user interactions in React.

State Management and Lifecycle

State management in React handles dynamic data within or across components using hooks like useState for local state and Context API or Zustand for global state. Lifecycle in React refers to a component’s phases from creation to removal, managed through lifecycle methods (class components) or useEffect (functional components) for tasks like data fetching and cleanup.

Topics Covered:

useState for local state management, useEffect for side effects and lifecycle methods, Lifting state up and prop drilling

What You Learn This Week:

Manage component state and lifecycle effectively.

React Routing

React Routing allows you to create navigation within a React application by defining different routes for various components. Using libraries like React Router, you can manage URL changes and render specific components based on the URL. It supports features like dynamic routing, nested routes, and route protection, enabling the development of multi-page applications with seamless navigation without full page reloads.

Topics Covered:

React Router basics, Dynamic and nested routes, Route protection and redirects

What You Learn This Week:

Build multi-page React applications with routing.

Context API and Data Fetching

Context API in React provides a way to manage and share state across the entire application without prop drilling. It allows you to create global state accessible by any component, simplifying state management for large applications. Data Fetching involves retrieving data from external sources, such as APIs, and displaying it in the application. React supports data fetching using methods like fetch or axios, and it is typically handled within useEffect to ensure the data is loaded when the component mounts. It also involves managing loading states, errors, and the fetched data itself.

Topics Covered:

Context API for global state management, Fetching APIs with fetch and axios, Handling loading, errors, and caching

What You Learn This Week:

Manage global state and fetch data from APIs.

Advanced React Concepts

Advanced React Concepts include powerful tools and techniques for building efficient and maintainable applications: Custom Hooks allow you to encapsulate reusable logic and share it across multiple components, promoting cleaner code. Error Boundaries are components that catch JavaScript errors anywhere in the component tree and display a fallback UI, preventing the entire app from crashing. Performance Optimization using React.memo, useMemo, and useCallback helps improve app performance by preventing unnecessary re-renders and recalculations, making your app faster and more efficient.

Topics Covered:

Custom hooks for reusable logic, React error boundaries, Performance optimization with React.memo, useMemo, and useCallback

What You Learn This Week:

Implement advanced patterns and optimize React applications.

Forms and Validations

Forms and validation in React manage user input and ensure data integrity. Controlled components handle state via React, while uncontrolled components use refs. Libraries like React Hook Form and Yup streamline validation, ensuring accurate and ready-to-submit data.

Topics Covered:

Controlled and uncontrolled components, Form libraries: React Hook Form, Yup, Multi-step forms

What You Learn This Week:

Build and validate forms for real-world applications.

State Management with Zustand

Zustand is a fast and lightweight state management library for React applications. It provides a simple API using hooks to manage global and local state without the complexity of Redux or Context API. Zustand eliminates boilerplate, supports asynchronous state updates, and scales efficiently. Its minimalistic approach makes it ideal for handling application state with ease.

Topics Covered:

Setting up Zustand for state management, Creating stores and updating state, Handling asynchronous state updates

What You Learn This Week:

Manage complex application state efficiently with Zustand.

Animations and Testing

Animations in React involve adding dynamic visual effects to enhance user experience. Libraries like React Spring or Framer Motion allow you to easily animate components, transitions, and interactions, creating smooth and engaging animations with minimal code. Testing in React ensures that your components and applications work as expected. Tools like Jest for unit testing and React Testing Library for testing component behavior focus on testing UI interactions, logic, and state changes, helping maintain code quality and prevent bugs during development.

Topics Covered:

Animations with framer-motion, Testing React apps with Jest and React Testing Library, Snapshot and integration tests

What You Learn This Week:

Add animations and write tests to ensure application reliability.

Final Projects and Deployment

React projects help apply skills by building real-world apps like a To-Do App or E-commerce site. To make these apps accessible online, tools like Vercel, Netlify, and Heroku simplify deployment. The process includes bundling with Webpack, optimizing performance, and setting up continuous integration for smooth updates.

Topics Covered:

1.Build and deploy projects: (, Responsive Landing Page, Todo Application with CRUD, E-Commerce App (Authentication, Cart, API Integration)), 2.Deployment to platforms like Vercel or Netlify

What You Learn This Week:

Apply everything learned by building real-world projects and deploying them.