Getting Started With React
Start learning the most employable library right now.
React is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks on the market, and shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. React is where the most developers, jobs, and opportunities exist. That’s not to say other frameworks & libraries are useless, but if you’re serious about your career, you should stick with React.
React is a fairly complicated JavaScript framework, and I’d strongly recommend starting by learning HTML & JavaScript. That will make your life a lot easier.
Why is React so popular?
React has the popularity it does because some of the brightest minds in programming built & maintain it (hint: Facebook engineers). Even if you don’t like Facebook for privacy reasons, they employ some of the greatest minds in the industry.
React is also dynamic & highly reusable. If you write one solid React component (we’ll cover what that is in a minute) you’re going to be able to reuse that code easily on your future projects.
Getting a React Project Set Up
Creating a functional React boilerplate template to start working with is pretty easy. Make sure you download Node.js. This will take a minute. So grab a cup of coffee. Then, just one simple command typed into…
