Learning ReactJS is easy

Now that React is so much popular and used worldwide across different organizations, everybody wants to learn React but is afraid to even start as it has a lot to cover and a lot more functionalities than any other framework or library. Through this article, I want to assure you that there isn’t much to becoming a professional react developer. It is not that hard. Let's deep dive into what we need to be a React developer.

React JS is a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces. It was developed by Facebook and has become one of the most widely used front-end development frameworks. React JS offers developers several benefits that make it ideal for building web applications.

One of the main advantages of React JS is its ability to create reusable components. This feature allows developers to write code once and use it multiple times in different parts of their applications, saving them time and effort in the long run.
Another advantage of React JS is its virtual DOM (Document Object Model) technology, which allows for faster rendering and improved performance. With this feature, only necessary components are updated when changes are made, reducing unnecessary updates that can slow down your application.

HTML
HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language, is the base coding language used to create web pages. It is a markup language that uses tags to define things like titles, paragraphs, images, and links on a web page. HTML is the backbone of every website on the Internet.

HTML has been developed over the years and new versions are released regularly. The latest version of HTML is HTML5, which introduces new features such as video and audio support, form enhancements, and semantic markup.
One of the main advantages of using HTML is its simplicity. Even beginners can easily learn to code in HTML, requiring only a basic knowledge of syntax and structure.

In general, HTML plays a vital role in creating functional and visually appealing websites.

You don’t need to spend hours and memorize everything in order to progress, no developer memorizes everything and writes code, we just google when required.

CSS
CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, is a programming language used to style and format web pages. It works with HTML to control the layout, design, and visual appearance of a website. CSS allows developers to separate content from presentation, making it easier to update and maintain websites.

CSS provides a variety of styling options such as font styles, colors, backgrounds, borders, margins, padding, etc. It also allows developers to create responsive designs that automatically adapt to screen size or device type.

Finally, CSS plays a vital role in modern web development. It is a powerful tool that allows designers to create visually appealing websites while keeping them organized and easy to maintain.

Again, learning CSS is not much about memorizing you just need to know what to do and google the right question. To be honest, if you want to be a React developer you might never need to be an expert in CSS, just learn what basics no professional website uses a lot of animations and advanced CSS.

Javascript
JavaScript is a programming language used to create interactive and dynamic web pages. It is a client-side language, meaning that it runs on the user’s computer rather than the server. One of the benefits of JavaScript is that it can be easily integrated with HTML and CSS. This allows for greater flexibility in designing websites and creating more engaging user experiences.

To be able to be an expert in React one should be aware of basic to advance javascript concepts such as —
1. Prototype
2. Scope
3. Class
4. IIEF (Immediate invoke function expression)
5. Hoisting
6. Closure
7. Module pattern
8. Memoization
9. Callback
10. Promises
11. Async & Await

Javascript is all about practice, you will forget everything learned if you don’t practice javascript. Once you create your own 2–3 small projects on JS and maybe some small libraries like Jquery, you will get a much-required hand on experience on javascript to start learning React.

How to learn React?

After getting a little experience with javascript, now we are ready to dive into React. React has some of the most brain-twisting concepts to learn these concepts I would prefer you start building a small project on the side to implement all the concepts you learn.

If you are new to development, I would prefer you start learning from react official documentation. They have the most helpful and extensive documentation and guide.

Learn step by step, and don’t skip any of the concepts if you do so the upcoming topics might go up your head. And along your journey, it is most important to build something as you learn, it is the best way to get experience.

Some important concepts in React —
1. Expressions in JSX ( After JSX )
2. Conditional rendering
3. Virtual DOM
4. Props
5. State and state management
6. Hooks

I have laid down all the points I feel are necessary to learn React. Please feel free to reach out through the response section.
Thanks for reading. Cheers!

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