Advanced React and Redux Training (REA114)

This 2-day Advanced React and Redux training class takes beginning React skills to the next level.

1. Setup
   1. Verifying Node.js and either NPM or yarn
   2. Verifying class libraries
   3. Verifying class files
   4. IDE (WebStorm or Visual Studio Code preferred)
2. Context
   1. What is the Context API?
   2. How to use the Context API
      1. Hooks-based Context: the useContext() hook
      2. Class-based Context
   3. Testing while using Context
3. Advanced Redux
   1. Using reselect to minimize re-rendering
   2. Normalizing state
   3. Higher-order reducers
   4. Helper libraries
4. Introduction to routing
   1. What problem is routing trying to solve?
   2. How does routing solve this problem?
      1. Tying components to URLs
      2. Passing parameters via the URL
   3. Routing software: React Router
   4. Simple router example
   5. Testing routing
      1. More complex routing
   6. Top-level routing
      1. Routing at the top of your application
      2. Allowing other parts of the application to manage routing
   7. Redirects
   8. React-router objects
      1. match
      2. history
      3. location
   9. Routing organizational techniques
   10. Testing advanced routing
5. Advanced React
   1. Understanding and optimizing reconciliation
      1. Best practices for React reconciliation
      2. Recognizing common issues
      3. Making improvements
   2. Refs
      1. What's a ref?
      2. What problem does it solve?
      3. How can I use refs?
         1. Hooks: the useRef() hook
         2. Classes and createRef()
      4. The challenges of testing refs
6. Render props
   1. Rendering in depth
   2. Rendering a function instead of a prop
   3. Using the render prop pattern
   4. Testing render props

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Experience in the following is required for this JavaScript class: