This course is a beginner's gateway into the mechanics of using Redux as an application building platform. It takes a bottom-up approach, enforcing the basic aspects of Redux before incorporating them together in a creative and interactive way. It begins with a short theoretical section before moving on to application based problems. 
The course does assume that the user has a basic idea of how React works, as Redux works in the React environment. Let's dive in!

Understanding Redux: A Beginner's Guide To State Management

Let’s make sure the chat window scrolls when updated.

To do this we’ll need a bit of DOM manipulation. This is the reason I insisted on making \<Chats /> a class component.

Okay, let’s talk code.

Firstly, we need to create a **Ref** to hold the Chats DOM Node.


This focuses more on the React DOM instead of Redux. We need to create a ref for the Chat DOM and add commands for two instances: componentDidMount() and componentDidUpdate().

Getting to know Redux (Theory)

Your First Redux Application

Understanding State Updates with Actions

Building Skypey: A More Advanced Example

Building Skypey: Designing the State Object

Building Skypey: The User Component

Building Skypey: The Empty Screen

Building Skypey: The Chat Window

Building Skypey: Header and Chat Window

Building Skypey: Messaging

The Skypey App

Tweak: Scroll Removal for New Messages