How I started out
6 months ago I started learning React. I earnestly followed the getting started guide and at long last, I completed the infamous tic tac toe. Then I stopped, after 2 months of learning. Nothing stuck anymore. I would refer to the docs more than I wanted for even the basics and that frustrated 😩 me a lot.
What should I do next?
I wanted to jump to another technology, maybe Vue. I did hear that Vue was "easier to learn" and "developer-friendly". I did the same thing with Angular, now React! After days of indecision, I concluded that if I needed to understand React well, consistency is key 🔑.
I came up with a plan
I had to change the way ↕️ I learn. My plan was simple. Build Projects. No matter how dumb or simple they are. I have to say this way the best idea 💡 I ever came up with. I started small by building static web pages to simple to-do applications.
Where am at now
I am working on a side project building a blogging website named Reblog. It is not an innovative project, just a helper to help me level up.
What I've learnt so far
Well, I have learnt a ton of new stuff. Though I wouldn't consider myself an expert. Here is a summary of the things I now know that I was unaware of;
Create React App CLI 🛠
This tool is so vital to take for granted. If you're a novice, you often hear, "React is just a library" 📚. This tool plays a major role in writing 📝 standard production-ready React. I plan to cover it in greater detail in another article. Just visit the Create React App web page.
Hooks 🪝
They helped me write stateful functional components. Implementing hooks on this project has largely cemented my knowledge of hooks.
A few more topics I'm confident;
- Render props
- Refs
- Context API
- Presentation & Container components
- React router dom
The End
I appreciate your taking the time read my post. Thank you 🙏