React.
js Roadmap
1. Prerequisites
- HTML/CSS: Structure and style your UI.
- JavaScript (ES6+): Master modern JavaScript features like arrow functions, destructuring,
promises, and async/await.
2. Getting Started with React
- Create a React App: Use Vite (your preference) or create-react-app to scaffold a new React
project.
- JSX: Learn how JavaScript and HTML combine in JSX.
- Components:
- Functional components (function MyComponent() {})
- Component-based architecture.
- Props: Passing data between components.
- State: Introduction to useState for managing component data.
- Event Handling: Managing user inputs and interactions (e.g., clicks, form submissions).
3. Core React Concepts
- Conditional Rendering: Show elements based on conditions using if or ternary operators.
- Lists & Keys: Displaying dynamic lists of data with map() and ensuring unique keys.
- Forms: Handle form inputs, validation, and submission.
- Component Lifecycle & Side Effects:
- useEffect for managing side effects like data fetching, DOM manipulation, or subscribing to
services.
4. Routing in React
- React Router:
- Basic routing using react-router-dom.
- Create Single Page Applications (SPAs) with multiple pages.
- Dynamic routing and nested routes.
5. Advanced React Concepts
- Context API: Manage global state and avoid prop drilling.
- Refs (useRef): Accessing and modifying DOM elements or component instances directly.
- Error Boundaries: Graceful error handling in React components.
- Portals: Render components outside of the main DOM hierarchy (useful for modals).
- Lazy Loading: Load components lazily to improve performance (React.lazy()).
6. Hooks
- Built-in Hooks:
- useState, useEffect, useContext, useReducer, useRef, useMemo, useCallback.
- Custom Hooks: Learn to create custom reusable hooks for sharing logic between components.
7. State Management in React
- Local State: Managed by useState and useReducer.
- Global State:
- Context API: Lightweight for smaller apps.
- Redux Toolkit: The modern way to manage large-scale global state.
- Zustand: An alternative state management solution for simpler needs.
- Redux Query: For handling server data with Redux.
- Side Effects with State:
- Redux-Saga or Redux-Thunk for managing asynchronous actions in Redux.
8. APIs and Data Fetching
- Fetch API: Use native fetch() or libraries like axios to make HTTP requests.
- REST API: Learn the basics of GET, POST, PUT, DELETE methods for CRUD operations.
- GraphQL: For more efficient querying, explore GraphQL as an alternative to REST APIs.
9. Testing in React
- Jest: Unit testing for JavaScript and React apps.
- React Testing Library: For testing component behavior by simulating user interactions.
10. Styling in React
- CSS Modules: Scoped CSS styling for each component.
- Styled Components: CSS-in-JS solution for better reusability and dynamic styling.
- Tailwind CSS: A utility-first CSS framework for rapid styling.
- Material-UI/Chakra UI: Pre-built component libraries to speed up development.
11. Animations in React
- CSS Animations: Use keyframes and transitions.
- React Spring: Animation library for interactive UIs.
- Framer Motion: Powerful and simple animation library for React.
12. Advanced Performance Optimization
- React.memo: Prevent unnecessary re-renders of functional components.
- useMemo and useCallback: Optimize performance by memoizing expensive calculations or
functions.
- Code Splitting: Load components or modules only when necessary with React.lazy() and
Suspense.
- Virtualization: Optimize long lists with libraries like react-window or react-virtualized.
13. Deploying React Apps
- Netlify/Vercel: Hosting static websites with continuous deployment.
- Heroku: For full-stack apps, including backend.
- GitHub Pages: Simple static site hosting for personal projects.
14. State Management in React (Deep Dive)
- Context API:
- Great for small apps where you don't want to install Redux.
- Combine with useReducer for more complex state logic.
- Redux Toolkit:
- Modern Redux solution with less boilerplate.
- Handles complex state management in large-scale applications.
- Redux Thunk or Saga for handling asynchronous logic (API calls).
- Zustand:
- Lightweight and easy alternative to Redux.
- Ideal for smaller apps where you need minimal state management.
- React Query:
- Efficient and declarative data fetching, caching, and synchronization with server state.
15. Project Ideas for Practice
Beginner Level:
1. Todo List App: Basic state management (useState), event handling, conditional rendering.
2. Random Quotes Generator: API integration with fetch() or axios.
3. Weather App: Fetch data from a weather API and display based on user input.
Intermediate Level:
1. E-commerce Product Listing: Create a shopping cart and filterable product list using Context API
or Redux.
2. Blog Website: Use React Router for multi-page navigation and manage posts with a REST API.
3. Quiz App: Create a quiz app with multiple-choice questions fetched from an API.
Advanced Level:
1. Full-Stack MERN Project: Build a full-featured e-commerce app with React for the frontend,
Redux for state management, and Express/MongoDB for the backend.
2. Social Media Dashboard: Build a dashboard where users can log in, post updates, and see feeds
using state management tools like Redux or Zustand.
3. Real-Time Chat App: Use WebSockets or Firebase to enable real-time communication between
users.
