Gain insights into V15 React fundamentals, API work, code organization, testing, and state management. Discover hands-on skills by building a Hacker News App for your portfolio.

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If you’re working with a legacy React codebase, then this course will prove useful. React has seen a great deal of change over the years, but there might be situations where you have to work with an older version.

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of V15 React. You will learn how to work with an API, how to organize and test your code as well as how to give your React app state. Throughout this course, you will have hands-on experience building a fully functional Hacker News App. By the end of this course, you will be prepared to build your own applications and have something to showcase in your portfolio.

If you’re looking for the updated version of this course featuring V16, please visit The Road to React: The one with Hooks.

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The Road to React: The One with Class Components

Let's recap the last chapter:

* **React**
  * ES6 class component lifecycle methods for different use cases
  * `componentDidMount()` for API interactions
  * Conditional renderings
  * Synthetic events on forms
  * Error handling
  * Aborting a remote API request
* **ES6 and beyond**

  * Template strings to compose strings
  * Spread operator for immutable data structures
  * Computed property names
  * Class fields
* **General**
  * Hacker News API interaction
  * Native fetch browser API
  * Client and server-side search
  * Pagination of data
  * Client-side caching
  * Axios as an alternative for the native fetch API

Again, it makes sense to take a break, internalize the lessons and apply them on your own. Experiment with the parameters for the API endpoint to query different results. You can find the source code in the [official repository](https://github.com/the-road-to-learn-react/hackernews-client/tree/5.3.1).

Now you've learned to interact with an API in React! This lesson will provide you a recap to what you have learned so far and will also share how your App.js code looks by now.

Introduction

Intro to React and some JavaScript Basics

Basics in React

Getting Real with an API

Code Organization and Testing

Advanced React Components

State Management in React and beyond

Final Steps to Production

Appendix: Bootstrapping your React App

Recap