resources for learning JS / React?

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'John Clements' via users-redirect

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Jan 25, 2020, 1:56:57 PM1/25/20
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I have a graduate student that wants a self-guided introduction to JS and React. The problem here, to some degree, is that there are so *many* introductions. Does anyone here have specific references that might be helpful? (Say, e.g., if Gregor Kiczales did a JS course on coursera… that would be pretty much perfect.)

John

Darren Newton

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Jan 26, 2020, 8:00:02 AM1/26/20
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Were you looking specifically for a video course that covers both? I can recommend some very good resources for JavaScript as a language and how to wield it (in book form). React gets dicier as its a constantly moving target.

Darren Newton

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Jan 26, 2020, 8:15:46 AM1/26/20
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For learning JavaScript these two resources are very good:


The tutorial on the React site itself is pretty good and provides a solid foundation in the framework - https://reactjs.org/tutorial/tutorial.html



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John Clements

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Jan 26, 2020, 12:12:21 PM1/26/20
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Many thanks! These look good.

John Clements
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Jens Axel Søgaard

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Jan 26, 2020, 1:44:55 PM1/26/20
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If he is using React for a new project, I suggest using React Hooks.
React Hooks were introduced in 2018 and "feels more functional" than their previous approach.

https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-intro.html

/Jens Axel


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Sean Kemplay

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Jan 27, 2020, 5:39:53 AM1/27/20
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This is a good (free) course that takes you the lates best practices of JS (getting more functional), react and then react native.

Hendrik Boom

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Jan 27, 2020, 7:21:29 AM1/27/20
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Just wondering: Is there a #lang for javascript?

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John Clements

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Feb 15, 2020, 1:53:39 PM2/15/20
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Belatedly: awesome, many thanks!

John
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