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Duration of the online course: 1 hours and 48 minutes

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Build modern React UIs faster with a free online course—learn components, hooks, props and routing, then ship confidently. Certificate-ready skills.

In this free course, learn about

  • React basics: components, JSX, and building UI with a component-based architecture
  • Why React is used: reusable UI, efficient updates, and declarative rendering
  • ReactDOM’s role: mounting React components and rendering to the browser DOM
  • Component naming convention: PascalCase for React component names
  • useState hook: creating state variables and updating UI based on state changes
  • State update method: using setState (class) or state setter from useState (function)
  • Accessing state in components: via state variables/props, not direct mutation
  • Form submit guard: `if (!text)` prevents handling empty input and can show validation
  • useEffect dependency array: controls when effects run and prevents unwanted re-runs
  • PropTypes: runtime prop type checking and documenting expected component props
  • Default props: provide fallback prop values when a prop isn’t passed
  • Production builds: `npm run build` creates an optimized, deployable bundle
  • React Router links: use (or ) instead of to avoid page reloads

Course Description

Want to create fast, interactive web interfaces that feel seamless for users and scalable for teams? This free online ReactJS course helps you move from basic JavaScript UI building to a modern component-based workflow used in real web development. You will learn how React thinks about UI, how it updates what the user sees efficiently, and how to structure your app so it stays maintainable as it grows.

Starting with a practical crash course mindset, you will build confidence with core React concepts like components, props, and state. You will understand how ReactDOM fits into a React application, why component naming conventions matter, and how predictable structure improves collaboration and readability. The course also dives into everyday developer essentials such as PropTypes and default props, helping you create components that are easier to reuse and less error-prone.

Hooks are a key part of modern React, and you will focus on when and why to use them. You will see how useState supports dynamic UI updates, and how to think about state access inside components to avoid confusing behavior. With useEffect, you will learn how React handles side effects and why the dependency array is crucial for controlling when effects run, preventing unnecessary re-renders and hard-to-track bugs.

You will also touch practical patterns you will use constantly in production apps: validating form submissions to avoid empty input, preparing a project for deployment with npm run build, and navigating between pages using React Router without triggering full page reloads. By the end, you should be able to approach new React projects with clearer mental models, make cleaner component decisions, and deliver user experiences that feel smooth and professional.

Course content

  • Video class: React JS Crash Course 1h48m
  • Exercise: _What is the standard definition of React?
  • Exercise: _What is one of the biggest reasons to use React for building UI?
  • Exercise: _What is the purpose of the useState hook in ReactJS?
  • Exercise: _What is the purpose of react dom in a react application?
  • Exercise: _What is the convention for naming React components?
  • Exercise: _What is Prop Types in ReactJS?
  • Exercise: _What is the purpose of setting default props in a React component?
  • Exercise: _What is the method used to update the state in ReactJS?
  • Exercise: _What is the recommended way to access state from within components in ReactJS?
  • Exercise: _What is the purpose of the `if (!text)` statement in the `onSubmit` function?
  • Exercise: _What is the purpose of running "npm run build" command in ReactJS?
  • Exercise: _What is the purpose of adding a dependency array in the useEffect hook?
  • Exercise: _What should be used instead of an "a" tag to prevent the page from reloading when clicking on a link in React Router?

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