What you’ll learn
- Make REAL web applications using cutting-edge technologies
- Build responsive applications using modern CSS technologies like flexbox
- Build JSON APIs using Node, Express and MongoDB
- Learn the most popular front end library React and master the fundamentals around state, props and the component lifecycle
- Use babel and webpack to transpile and bundle code
- Understand what the Virtual DOM is and how React performs reconciliation
- Leverage Component Lifecycle methods with React to include making AJAX calls properly
- Secure Node, Express, Mongo and React applications on the front-end and back-end using bcrypt and JSON Web Tokens
- Add routing to a single page application with the most popular routing library for react, React Router.
- Manage State with a centralized store using Redux
- Connect Redux with a React application to build scalable production applications with client-side state management
- Select and manipulate elements in the DOM using D3
- Build dynamic visualizations using D3 and SVG
- Use D3 to build scatterplots, histograms, pie charts and force graphs
- Build compelling map visualizations with GeoJSON and TopoJSON
- Master how to handle asynchronous code using callbacks, promises, generators and async functions
- Understand how JavaScript handles asynchronous code using the Event Loop with the Stack, Heap and Queue.
- Use advanced array methods to build a solid understanding of functional programming
- Create dynamic single page applications using AJAX
- Structure applications with design patterns using closure and modules
- Explain how Object Oriented Programming works with a thorough understanding of the keyword this and the new keyword
- Refactor code using call, apply and bind to remove duplication
- Use jQuery to build single page applications and understand the limitations of just using jQuery
- Create block scope with the let keyword and use the const keyword to prevent variables from being redeclared
- Clean up code using arrow functions and master method binding without using the bind keyword
- Use default parameters, for of loops and the rest and spread operator to write more concise and more maintainable code
- Master the new class syntax and create instance methods, class methods
- Leverage newer data structures like Maps and Sets to better solve problems
- Solve problems similar to what you would get in a developer interview or phone screen
Requirements
- Have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS
- Have a fundamental understanding of JavaScript - how to create variables, use conditional logic, looping, objects, arrays and functions
- Prepare to build real web apps with the latest JavaScript technologies!
Who this course is for:
- This course is for anyone who wants to continue learning about web development
- It’s fantastic for someone who has the fundamentals down, but wants to explore more advanced concepts and technologies to be successful as a developer
