Course Information
Course Overview
Master modern React from beginner to advanced! Next.js, Context API, React Query, Redux, Tailwind, advanced patterns
** Just launched 16 BONUS hours of Next.js content in May 2024!
** Take this course after taking my #1 bestselling JavaScript course (900,000+ students)
In 2024, React is still the #1 skill to learn if you want to become a successful front-end developer!
But it can be hard. There are so many moving parts, so many different libraries, so many tutorials out there.
That's why you came here... And you came to the right place! This is THE ultimate React course for 2024 and beyond.
A practice-heavy approach to master React by building polished apps, backed up by diagrams, theory, and looks under the hood of React.
The all-in-one package that takes you from zero to truly understanding React and building modern, powerful, and professional web applications.
Real projects. Real explanations. Real React.
[01] Why is this the right React course for you?
This is the most epic React (+ Next.js) course on Udemy, and it's fundamentally different from all the other ones.
Here's why:
Contains the biggest and most professional project, where we implement many common app features (see promo video!)
Super detailed explanations of all important concepts with carefully crafted and animated diagrams
A huge focus on "how to think in React" and modern best practices
A long section that explores how React actually works behind the scenes will give you the confidence to use React effectively on your own
Advanced design patterns like compound components will make you think like a senior React engineer
Many sections (16 hours!) on Next.js with the modern "app" router (with React Server Components and Server Actions)
And these are just the highlights! Check out the full list below (+ the promo video and curriculum).
Also, make no mistake: "React course" actually means "Front-end development with React and modern libraries course".
That's right, besides the React library itself, you will learn and master them all: React Router, Redux, Redux Toolkit, React Query, React Hook Form, Styled Components, Tailwind CSS, Next.js, and more.
This is how we plan, build, and deploy professional projects! We even use industry-standard tools such as Supabase (fully-fledged back-end), GitHub, Netlify, and Vercel.
As you expect, this course is 100% project-based. So throughout the course, you'll start building your portfolio of 10+ beautiful and high-quality React apps, where each one will showcase a few of the new skills you will be learning.
By the end of the course, you will have all the knowledge and confidence that you need to ace your job interviews and become the professional React developer that companies are looking for.
[02] Why am I the right React teacher for you?
My name is Jonas, I'm an experienced web developer and designer, and one of Udemy's top instructors. I've been teaching web development courses since 2015 to over 1,900,000 developers, so I know exactly how students learn and what is needed to master any subject.
With this in mind, I designed the ideal curriculum for this course: a unique blend of real-world projects, deep explanations, and theory lectures, to turn you into a confident React and Next.js developer in just a couple of weeks.
Ready to become a confident and independent React + Next.js developer, highly capable of building your own apps? Then don't wait any longer, and start your React journey today!
[03] Still not sure? Here are all the nerdy details of what we'll cover:
React fundamentals [why we even need React, components, JSX, props, events, forms, state, props vs. state]
How to think about state [where to place state, guidelines, lifting state up, local vs. global state, UI vs. remote state]
How to think about components [how to split components, props as API, how to build reusable and composable components, the children prop]
Deep dive into effects and useEffect [data fetching, lifecycle vs. synchronization, when to use effects, effects vs. event handlers]
Deep dive into hooks [rules of hooks, how hooks work, useRef, building super-reusable custom hooks]
Performance optimization [wasted renders, memoization with memo, useMemo, and useCallback, optimizing Context API, code splitting + Suspense]
Advanced state management [useReducer hook, the Context API, Redux, Redux Toolkit, Thunks, React Query]
Building Single-Page Applications (SPA) [Vite, routing with React Router, URL parameters and query strings for state management, data loaders and actions (v6.4+)]
Building real-world features found in many apps [authentication and authorization, data sorting, filtering and pagination, dark mode, dashboard with charts, etc.]
Creating your own back-end with a DB and API using Supabase [gain the power to build full-stack apps on your own!]
How to style React apps [Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules, and Styled Components]
Advanced React patterns used by senior developers [render props, higher-order components, compound components (to build a modal, a context menu, and more)]
How React works behind the scenes [rendering, virtual DOM, reconciliation, fiber tree, key prop, events, state batching, etc.]
Next.js with the "app" router, React Server Components, and Server Actions [server-side rendering, static vs. dynamic rendering, state management between server and client, data loading strategies, streaming, caching, image and font optimization, authentication with NextAuth, modern React hooks (useFormState and useOptimistic)]
[04] By signing up today, you'll also get:
Up-to-date HD-quality videos, that are easy to search and reference (great for Udemy Business learners)
Downloadable slides PDF for 70+ theory videos (not boring, I promise!)
Professional English captions (not auto-generated)
Downloadable assets and starter and final code for each project
Free and fast support in the course Q&A
10+ challenges and exercises to practice your skills (solutions included)
Course Content
- 40 section(s)
- 505 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!
- Section 2 PART 1: REACT FUNDAMENTALS [4 PROJECTS]
- Section 3 A First Look at React
- Section 4 [Optional] Review of Essential JavaScript for React
- Section 5 Working With Components, Props, and JSX
- Section 6 State, Events, and Forms: Interactive Components
- Section 7 Thinking In React: State Management
- Section 8 [Optional] Practice Project: Eat-'N-Split
- Section 9 PART 2: INTERMEDIATE REACT [2 PROJECTS]
- Section 10 Thinking in React: Components, Composition, and Reusability
- Section 11 How React Works Behind the Scenes
- Section 12 Effects and Data Fetching
- Section 13 Custom Hooks, Refs, and More State
- Section 14 [Optional] React Before Hooks: Class-Based React
- Section 15 PART 3: ADVANCED REACT + REDUX [4 PROJECTS]
- Section 16 The Advanced useReducer Hook
- Section 17 React Router: Building Single-Page Applications (SPA)
- Section 18 Advanced State Management: The Context API
- Section 19 Performance Optimization and Advanced useEffect
- Section 20 Redux and Modern Redux Toolkit (With Thunks)
- Section 21 PART 4: PROFESSIONAL REACT DEVELOPMENT [2 PROJECTS]
- Section 22 React Router With Data Loading (v6.4+)
- Section 23 [Optional] Tailwind CSS Crash Course: Styling the App
- Section 24 Adding Redux and Advanced React Router
- Section 25 Setting Up Our Biggest Project + Styled Components
- Section 26 Supabase Crash Course: Building a Back-End!
- Section 27 React Query: Managing Remote State
- Section 28 Advanced React Patterns
- Section 29 [Optional] Implementing More Features: Authentication, Dark Mode, Dashboard, etc
- Section 30 Deployment With Netlify and Vercel
- Section 31 PART 5: FULL-STACK REACT WITH NEXT.JS [1 PROJECT]
- Section 32 Overview of Next.js With the "App" Router
- Section 33 Starting to Build the "Wild Oasis" Website
- Section 34 Data Fetching, Caching, and Rendering
- Section 35 Client and Server Interactions
- Section 36 Authentication With NextAuth (Auth.js)
- Section 37 Mutations With Server Actions + Modern React Hooks
- Section 38 Deployment With Vercel
- Section 39 [OPTIONAL] Legacy Next.js: The "Pages" Router
- Section 40 The End!
What You’ll Learn
- Become an advanced, confident, and modern React developer from scratch, Build 10+ beautiful projects, including two HUGE professional real-world apps, Become job-ready by working with libraries and tools used in professional projects, Join my other 1,900,000+ happy students on this journey, Think like a senior React engineer with advanced design patterns, Next..js "App" router with cutting-edge React Server Components + Server Actions, State management: thinking about state, where to place, local vs. global, UI vs. remote, Build reusable, composable, and versatile components, Master the confusing but important useEffect hook once and for all, Build many custom hooks, reusable in your future projects, Build single-page applications with React Router (including v6.4+ with data loading), Performance optimization with memo, useMemo, useCallback, and code splitting, Advanced React features: useReducer, Context API, cloneElement, portals, etc., Advanced state management with Redux, Redux Toolkit, Thunks, React Query, Build real-world app features: authentication, data sorting, filtering and pagination, dark mode, charts, etc., Understand how React actually works behind the scenes: virtual DOM, reconciliation, fiber tree, key prop, etc., Style your apps with Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules, Styled Components (CSS-in-JS), Practice your skills with many challenges, exercises, and practice projects
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
-
VVijay Soni
Step by step guidance with basics and materials perfect combo knowledge of react and next js
-
RRaouf Rzgar
Great course for beginners in React JS. Each topic is explained clearly with both theory and practical coding. It’s also a project based course, which makes learning easier.
-
BBabin Chettri
Jonas' courses are always the best. The lectures are very easy to follow. He explains very complex concepts also in very simple way so that it gets easily into your head. Thank you Jonas for this course
-
GGustavo Muñoz
The course is great and covers a lot of the core material you need as a frontend developer, but some sections and tools feel outdated and could use a proper 2026 update. Apart from that, I enjoyed it a lot. I love the way Jonas teaches 🙂