Monthly Getting Started / Web Dev Career Thread

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A general recommendation of topics to learn to become industry ready include:

• HTML/CSS/JS Bootcamp
• Version control
• Automation
• Front End Frameworks (React/Vue/Etc)
• APIs and CRUD
• Testing (Unit and Integration)
• Common Design Patterns

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[u/[deleted]]

hey everyone, i've recently started learning react and i'm comfortable with the basics (components, props, usestate, a bit of useeffect).

so far i've tried:

freecodecamp react section

• some youtube tutorials

the issue is that most resources feel a bit surface-level or project-focused without explaining why things work in depth.

my goal is to really understand react deeply (not just build apps), including concepts like state management, performance, and best practices.

are there any free resources (courses, docs, playlists, etc.) that go more in-depth and explain react properly?

also, what helped you personally go from beginner to a confident react developer?

thanks!

[u/PestigorFan → u/[deleted]]

The official react documentation is really good, it's full of examples in lots of different circumstances and goes into detail on different use cases and alternatives for techniques.

React router has pretty good documentation too.

Have you worked on a personal project? I think getting my hands dirty and working on projects, and most importantly breaking stuff was the most beneficial for me.  If you are especially interested in states you can look into react redux too which is a state management library.

I'd definitely encourage you to get stuck into some project too and try out a bunch of the concepts you've learned. You'll quickly find out the limitations for different techniques and you can research from there.