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React Mastery

1. Fundamentals of React and Component-Based UI

What Is React and Why Use It?Comparing SPAs and MPAs in Web Development How React Works with the Virtual DOM Introducing JSX for Writing HTML in JavaScript Building Complex UI with JSX Rendering Elements in React Challenge: Render an Element in React Understanding React Components Passing Data with Props in React Challenge: Create Functional Components Conditional Rendering in React Challenge: Implement Conditional Rendering – Chat Notification Challenge: Implement Conditional Rendering – Bank Alert Rendering Collections of Data in React Challenge: Display Data Collections in React React Fundamentals Wrap-Up

2. Styling Techniques in React Applications

Introduction to Styling in React Using Inline Styles in React Applying Inline Styles in Practice Challenge: Use Inline Styles in a React Component Styling React Components with External CSS Applying External CSS in Practice Challenge: Apply External CSS to a React App Using CSS Modules for Scoped Styling in React Organizing File and Folder Structures for Styles Challenge: Use CSS Modules in React Styling Techniques in React Wrap-Up

3. React Hooks and Context for State Management

Introduction to React Hooks and Context Managing State with the useState Hook Challenge: Toggle Visibility with useState Working with References Using the useRef Hook Challenge: Build a Controlled Form Component Handling Side Effects with the useEffect Hook Challenge: Fetch and Display Data with useEffect Optimizing Performance with the useMemo Hook Challenge: Implement a Car List Filter with useMemo Sharing State Across Components with Context Using Context in a Real-World Scenario Challenge: Build a World of Astronomy App with Context React Hooks and Context Wrap-Up

4. Structuring Real-World React Projects

Setting Up Your React Development Environment Choosing a Code Editor for React Development Organizing the Project Folder Structure Working with the Terminal in React Development Starting and Running a React Project React Project Setup Wrap-Up

Organizing the Project Folder Structure

Step 3: Create the project folder

Now that we have all the necessary external tools, we can start creating the project. The task is to create a new empty folder specifically for the project, where nothing else will be stored.

Steps to follow:

Choose a Location: Select a location on your machine where you want to create the project folder. It can be anywhere you prefer, such as your desktop or a specific directory;
Create a New Folder: Right-click in the chosen location and select "New Folder" from the context menu;
Name the Folder: Give the folder a meaningful name. This will serve as the root folder for your React project, so choose an informative and relevant name for your project's purpose. For example, you can name it movies-app,store-app, posts-app, learning-system-app, etc.

For example let's create the empty folder with the name movies-app.

Step 4: Open the Folder in Your Code Editor

To start working on the project, you need to open the movies-app folder in your code editor, whether it's Visual Studio Code or another editor of your choice.

Follow these steps:

Launch your code editor. In our example, we'll use Visual Studio Code (VS Code);
Click on the explorer icon located in the top-left corner of the VS Code interface;

Click the "Open Folder" button in the explorer panel;

Look for the movies-app folder on the machine and select it. After completing these steps, you should see the folder name, movies-app, displayed in your code editor's interface.

Now that your project folder is set up and opened in your code editor, you're ready to start building your React application!

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