TT4195: Mastering React Developer Boot Camp
About this Course
React is one of the most valuable and widely used tools for building fast modern web applications, and learning it can open the door to exciting new roles and projects. In this engaging five day expert led course, you will work through practical labs and real world exercises designed to help you build confidence and apply React skills right away. From setting up projects and creating components to working with advanced features like custom hooks, state management, server side rendering, and TypeScript, you will gain the ability to build polished and responsive web applications that meet today’s development standards.
You will develop practical skills that let you manage data flow with hooks, connect to external APIs, create dynamic and reliable forms, and handle authentication with tools like JWT, Okta, and Auth0. You will explore how to improve performance through code optimization techniques like lazy loading and code splitting, and learn to write meaningful unit tests and debug your work with the right tools. The course also covers popular alternatives for state management and data fetching, giving you a broad set of techniques you can apply in the real world. Throughout, you will work on projects that reinforce your learning, with expert guidance available every step of the way to help you solve problems and build confidence.
This course is designed for web developers who have basic JavaScript experience and want to strengthen or expand their React knowledge with extended intermediate topics. It is a great fit for front end developers, full stack developers, or software engineers looking to become job ready with React or align their team practices around modern workflows. Whether you are new to React or eager to deepen your understanding, you will leave this course with practical skills, real world experience, and the confidence to apply React effectively on the job.
NOTE: For basic level web developers who need more of an introductory-level course, you might consider the 3 day Getting Started with React Basics (TT4190) as an alternative.
Audience Profile
The ideal audience for this boot camp includes front-end developers, full-stack developers, and software engineers looking to deepen their React skills and build high-performance web applications.
Attendees should have incoming hands-on experience working with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, along with some experience building simple web apps or working with front-end frameworks. Ideal roles include Web Developers, UI/UX Engineers, and Full-Stack Developers who want to master modern React practices and implement real-world projects.
At Course Completion
Our engaging instructors and mentors are experienced practitioners who bring years of current on the job experience into every classroom. Working in a supportive, hands on learning environment guided by our expert team, you will learn how to:
Build interactive and responsive web applications by creating dynamic modern apps that feel smooth and user friendly.
Master core React concepts and modern hooks like useState, useEffect, and useContext to write clean and efficient code.
Manage advanced state and routing using tools like Redux and React Router to create seamless and scalable applications.
Connect to APIs and handle real world data using fetch and axios while managing asynchronous operations with confidence.
Test and debug your React applications using Vitest, JEST, React Developer Tools, and Chrome Debugger to catch and solve issues early.
Optimize performance with techniques like code splitting, lazy loading, and server side rendering to deliver fast, reliable apps.
If your team requires different topics or tools, additional skills or custom approach, this course may be further adjusted to accommodate. We offer additional full stack development, React, React Native, web development, design and security courses which may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your development objectives.
Outline
Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We will work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most. Course agenda, topics and labs are subject to adjust during live delivery in response to student skill level, interests and participation.
1.Your First React Web Application
Creating a new React project with Vite
Understanding the project structure
Installing necessary dependencies
2.Functional Components
What’s a component?
Class components
Functional components - Motivation behind Hooks
Our first component
Building the App
Props - Making the App data-driven
Events - Your app’s first interaction with the useEffect() Hook
State - Updating state with the useState() Hook
3.JSX and the Virtual DOM
React Uses a Virtual DOM
Why Not Modify the Actual DOM?
What is a Virtual DOM?
Virtual DOM Pieces
ReactElement
4.JSX
JSX Creates Elements
JSX Attribute Expressions
JSX Conditional Child Expressions
JSX Boolean Attributes
JSX Comments
JSX Spread Syntax
JSX Gotchas
Enhance Component with TailwindCSS, Material UI, styled-components
5.Essential React Hooks
useState
useEffect
useContext
6.Forms
Forms 101
Text Input
Multiple fields
Validation
Creating reusable form components
Controlled vs. uncontrolled components
React Hook Form
Formik
Zod and Yup for Validation
7.Routing
What’s in a URL?
Navigating and routing in a React application
Defining routes and rendering components based on URL
Dynamic routing and parameters
React Router’s core components
Building the components of react-router
Outlet component
Router Hooks: useNavigate, useLocation, useParams
8. Unit Testing
Vitest + React Testing Library
Snapshots, async testing, mocking, coverage
Optional: JEST
9. Debugging React
Using React Developer Tools
Using Visual Studio Code
Using the Chrome Debugger
10. REST
REST Basics
Using fetch
Handling responses and errors
Using axios
11. ES6 Primer
Prefer const and let over var
Arrow functions
Modules
Object.assign()
Template literals
The spread operator and rest parameters
Enhanced object literals
Default arguments
Destructuring assignments
Modules
Classes
12.Advanced React Hooks
useReducer
useMemo
useCallback
useRef
13.Custom Hooks
Custom Hook rules
Creating reusable hooks
Common examples of custom Hooks
14.Code Optimization
Minifying and concatenating code
Code splitting
Lazy loading components
Using Suspense
React Compiler
Concurrency, Transitions and Deferred Values
15.TypeScript
Type safety in React Components
TypeScript in JSX (TSX)
16.State Management
Redux Toolkit
Zustand
Jotai
17.Fetch/axios Alternatives
TanStack Query (React Query)
Mutations, catching
18.Authentication and React
Authentication with Okta and Auth0
RBAC
JWT and React
Comparison of Authentication Tools, including Supabase and Clerk
19.React and Server-side Rendering (SSR)
Benefits of SSR (SEO, performance)
Setting up a server
Rendering React components on the server
Hydrating the client-side
20.Optional/time-permitting: Overview of React Frameworks
Next.js
SSR
Static-site Generation (SSG)
Built-in data fetching
File system routing
Automatic code-splitting
API routes
Automatic image optimization
Prerequisites
This course introduces React, but requires real-world web development experience. Web developers should have practical experience working with JavaScript, ready to strengthen and expand their abilities with React. It is well suited for front end developers, full stack developers, and software engineers who want to build modern, scalable applications using current React practices and tools. The course offers an expert led learning experience that blends foundational instruction with extended intermediate coverage, helping you grow your skills and apply them confidently on real projects.
Before attending, you should have practical experience building web applications and a strong working knowledge of JavaScript.
Here are important skills to bring with you:
Proficiency with JavaScript concepts such as functions, arrays, objects, and asynchronous operations.
Hands on experience using a code editor such as Visual Studio Code for web development projects.
A clear understanding of how HTML and CSS work together to structure and style web applications.
Take Before: In order to gain the most from this course, you should have incoming skills equivalent to those in the course listed below, or should have attended this as a prerequisite:This course is not for beginners.
TT4003 Introduction to HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript