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About the Course

This is the ideal starting point for anyone eager to learn modern React basics in the most interactive, hands-on way possible. Throughout this course, you'll tackle over 170 interactive coding challenges and build six exciting projects. If you're tired of React courses that leave you staring blankly at an empty editor screen, you're in the right place! Here, you'll **actually build React projects by the end**, giving you the confidence and skills to tackle real-world applications. Section 1: Static pages (project: ReactFacts site) In this introductory section, you'll get familiar with React basics, including components, JSX, and styling. You’ll create a simple ReactFacts site, learning about composable and declarative code, React elements, and best practices for building static pages in React. Topics covered: - Intro to React - Why React?: Composable & Declarative - React Elements - JSX - Creating custom components - Fragments - Styling with Classes Section 2: Data-Driven React (project: Travel Journal) Next, you’ll discover how to make your React apps dynamic by introducing reusable components, props, and data-driven rendering. In the inspiring Travel Journal project, you’ll map data to components, handle static assets, and use props to personalize the user experience. Topics covered: - Reusable components - Props - Evaluating JS inside JSX - Handling static assets - Mapping data to components Section 3: React State (project: Chef Claude) This module introduces you to React's state management, allowing you to handle events, manage complex state, and create responsive forms. The Chef Claude project will help you see the difference between props and state, implement conditional rendering, and dynamically style components based on user interaction. Topics covered: - Event listeners - Props vs. State - Creating & changing state - Complex state - Forms & form actions - Conditional rendering - Setting state from children - Dynamic styles Section 4: Side effects (project: Meme Generator) Explore side effects in React with this module on data fetching, controlled components, and refs. In the Meme Generator project, you’ll practice managing side effects, optimizing dependencies, and cleaning up resources, giving you a robust foundation for handling external data and effects. Topics covered: - Controlled components/forms - Functional programming in React - Fetching data - Handling side effects - Side effect dependencies - Cleaning up side effects - Refs Section 5: Capstone project 1: Tenzies game This capstone project challenges you to put everything you've learned into action by building a complete Tenzies game. Through step-by-step challenges, you'll improve your skills by learning lazy state initialization and accessibility, creating a polished, interactive experience. Topics covered: - Series of challenges to build the capstone project - Lazy state initialization - Accessibility improvements Section 6: Capstone project 2: Assembly: Endgame In this final capstone, you'll face a series of challenges to build a complex, multi-featured app. By the end of Assembly: Endgame, you’ll have gained real-world experience in problem-solving and combining all the React skills you've developed throughout the course. Topics covered: Series of challenges to build the capstone project Why this course? This course is filled with coding challenges that you'll complete by writing React code directly inside the browser! Before you know it, you'll have written six interactive React applications! You’ll also benefit from spaced learning and repetition in this course. Make sure you give yourself time (days/weeks) to finish it, and include lots of breaks. Don't try cramming it all in at once. Once you are done, you will feel confident in your React skills and be ready to continue your coding journey....

Top reviews

AT

Mar 21, 2025

Having done another react course, I found this course interesting and helpful to help me understand concepts. Thanks to Bob for really explaining in detail the different parts of the course

AS

Jan 2, 2024

Brilliant course, absolutely masterpiece! If you're new to React and know basic JS and and proficient in anyone language, THIS course is THE BEST Place to start your journey!

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By Julian H

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Sep 1, 2023

If you prefer to learn by actually practicing the subject at hand, this course delivers.

Theres a ton of small to medium sized, hands-on projects to get your hands dirty on (and also some optional larger ones for self-study).

The technical explanations were also done well (for the most part, some can be a bit repetitive, especially if you have some previous coding experience) .

Personally, I do have quite a bit of prior coding experience (mostly in the backend, but some frontend stuff here and there as well) and did the course in order to get into React. This worked quite well, although I could have done with fewer repetitions both in the practical challenges and the explanations. But for beginners, that may be quite helpful, so your mileage may vary of course.

By Loizos V

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Dec 9, 2023

Really well made instructions. However, there is a lot of use of third party applications. During this course i managed to use only VSCode, however 95% of the instructions are based on Scrimba, Figma and more

By Narayan G

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Sep 21, 2023

It is amazing to learn React with the tutor, it is really helpful and it is worth.

By Sivarajan R

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Feb 4, 2024

Excellent lesson with clear defintions

By Nandhini S 2

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Nov 2, 2023

can i have a certificate for this

By Gaurav K S

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Nov 14, 2023

good for beginners

By Gaurav K

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Jan 31, 2024

no certificate

By Asif A

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Dec 8, 2023

Informative

By Ionel G

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Jan 5, 2024

Excelent !

By Rahul K S

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Aug 25, 2023

awesome!

By Arif S

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Jan 2, 2024

Good.

By Martin M

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May 25, 2024

Overall a good course, some issues with duplicated / missing lessons is leading to a lower score. I believe a good chunk of this course is being re-made with the new version of React so this may change in time

By Adam A

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Jun 14, 2025

I recently completed the "Learn React" course and wanted to share my experience. While there were some genuinely positive aspects, the overall experience was frustrating enough that I can’t recommend it. What I liked: 1) Bob the instructor is clearly knowledgeable and does a good job presenting the course material. His tone is engaging, and he explains concepts clearly. 2) The coding challenges were fun, especially because they were structured around small games. This made it easier to stay focused and engaged. 3) Repetition was used effectively to help reinforce core concepts, which I appreciated as a learner trying to internalize new ideas. What made me give it 2 stars: 1) The Scrimba UI is a mess. I lost count of how many times I typed code into the in-browser editor only to have it wiped out when I hit "play." Eventually, I gave up and started following along in VS Code. While that gave me more control, it slowed down my progress significantly and made the course more tedious than it needed to be. 2) The teaching style sometimes felt counterproductive. Bob often demonstrates the "wrong" way to do something without warning it's wrong, and then walks through the "right" way after. If you're following along in VS Code like I was, this approach becomes frustrating fast. I’d much prefer seeing the best practice first, then a discussion of what pitfalls to avoid. 3) Scrimba's platform was such a turn-off that I won't be taking any more courses hosted on it if I can help it. The UI was more of a barrier than a tool, and it seriously hampered my learning experience. In summary, the instructor and content could have made this a solid React course, but the Scrimba platform and some stylistic choices in how the content was taught made it more painful than productive.