React JS Learning Path

A comprehensive roadmap to build modern user interfaces with the most popular JavaScript library.

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Phase Main Topic Content & Tools Product Goal
1 Web Foundations
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • ES6+ (Modern JavaScript)
  • TypeScript
Create a simple static website using modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
2 Development Tools
  • Package Manager (npm/yarn)
  • Build Tools (Vite/CRA)
  • Version Control (Git)
Set up a new project using Vite and use Git for version control.
3 React - Fundamentals
  • JSX - JavaScript XML
  • Components (Function vs. Class)
  • Props & State
  • Conditional Rendering, Lists & Keys
Build a basic React component that displays data using props and manages its own state.
4 Hooks & Component Lifecycle
  • useState, useEffect
  • useContext, useReducer
  • Creating Custom Hooks
Refactor a class component into a functional component using `useState` and `useEffect`.
5 Global State Management
  • Context API
  • Redux (with Redux Toolkit)
  • Zustand / Jotai
Create a small application that shares state between multiple components using the Context API.
6 Routing & API Interaction
  • React Router
  • API Calls (Fetch/Axios)
  • React Query / SWR
Build a multi-page application using React Router and fetch data from a public API.
7 Testing
  • Jest
  • React Testing Library
  • Cypress / Playwright
Write unit tests for a React component to ensure it renders correctly.
8 Optimization & Ecosystem
  • Performance Optimization
  • UI Component Libraries
  • Next.js
Optimize a React application and explore a component library like Material-UI.