React Project Setup Wrap Up

You've reached the end of the course. At this point, you've covered the core foundations of React and learned how real React applications are built and run.

You started by understanding what React is and how components and JSX are used to describe user interfaces. You then learned how to pass data with props, control UI logic with conditional rendering, and render lists of data.

Next, you explored how React applications handle change over time using hooks. You learned how to manage state with useState and how to handle side effects with useEffect, including fetching data and reacting to state changes.

You also learned how to style React components using inline styles and external CSS, and how to choose simple, practical styling approaches.

Finally, you created and ran a real React project using Vite and explored its project structure, understanding where your code lives and how everything fits together.

What You Can Do Now

By completing this course, you can now:

1. Build functional React components;
2. Use JSX to describe UI;
3. Pass data with props;
4. Apply conditional rendering;
5. Render collections of data;
6. Manage state with useState;
7. Handle side effects with useEffect;
8. Style components with CSS;
9. Create and run a real React project.

These skills form the foundation of almost every React application.

What's Next

You can now build dynamic user interfaces with React and handle user interactions.

However, your application still works only in the browser and does not store or process real data.

To build complete applications, you need a backend that can:

• Handle requests;
• Process logic;
• Store and manage data.

Next, you will learn Node.js, which allows you to run JavaScript outside the browser and build the foundation of backend applications.

You will move from building interfaces to building the logic behind them.