React and Redux Training Overview
This React and Redux Architecture and Best Practices training course teaches developers advanced skills for architecting React applications, implementing best practices, and boosting performance.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Explore the common component architecture patterns
- Learn to write custom hooks to reuse stateful logic in components
- Explore when and how to use Context in a React application
- Understand state management, including use cases and various alternatives
- Utilize Redux to manage the state of the application
- Use React and Redux together
- Learn React and Redux best practices
- Optimize React performance and avoid wasted renders
Prerequisites
Students should have taken Accelebrate's Introduction to React course or have equivalent experience. Attendees must have experience with Modern JavaScript concepts, including arrow functions, modules, and destructuring.
Outline
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Introduction
Component Architecture
- Reuse
- Component Communication
- Design Patterns
- Container and Presentation Components
- Composition vs. Inheritance
Hooks
- Background
- Hooks APIs: useState, useEffect, useRef, useContext, useReducer
- Rules of Hooks
Custom Hooks
- Background
- Definition
- Reuse of stateful logic
Context
- When to use Context
- useContext Hook
State Management
- What is State?
- When do you need a State Management Library?
- Types of State
- Using Context for Shared State
- Server State Libraries: React Query, SWR, or GraphQL client
Redux
- What is Redux?
- Benefits Checklist
- Principles of Redux
- Core Concepts (Store, State, Reducers, Actions, Action Creators)
- Complementary Packages
- Basic Redux Example (includes time traveling)
- Gotchas/Tips
Using Redux with React (React Redux Library)
- Redux with React in Function Components
- useSelector and useDispatch Hooks
- Provider
- Example
- Redux with React in Class Components
- Higher-Order Components
- The connect function
- Writing mapState functions
- Writing mapDispatch Functions
- Example
Asynchronous Actions (Redux Thunk)
- Overview
- Async Actions (Thunks)
- Installation
- Your First Thunk
- Full CRUD Example
Putting It All Together (React & Redux & Thunk)
Performance
- What causes a component to render?
- Wasted Renders
- Memoization
- React.memo
- Pure Components
Render Props
- Understanding the render props pattern
Conclusion
Training Materials
All React and Redux training attendees receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
- Google Chrome and/or Firefox
- Other modern browsers as desired
- IDE/development environment of your choice
- Other free software and lab files as specified, including Node.js
