Good learning resources?
Hey, I realise that this is a (very) beginner question, but I was wondering what the best resources were for learning TS/React? I'm pretty confident with HTML/CSS/Tailwind, but my JS knowledge is pretty cobbled together and I'd like to build a good foundation before going further. Thanks in advance :)
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Best resource is to build something and fix the shortcomings along the way
That's what I've been doing, but along the way I've noticed that I'm not building a good knowledge base of various features/terms/etc, so I thought it'd be best to build a solid foundation that I can expand on with projects
-> you don't build projects because you dont have a solid foundation -> you can't build a solid foundation because you dont build anything -> you don't build projects because you dont have a solid foundation
build something new, recreate some old project in a new tech stack, just build something
For future reference, I found this site to be particularly helpful: https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/front-end-development-libraries/react/
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I find myself as a software developer constantly working on projects using technologies, concepts, and various other things that I don't have a solid foundation on. It's your job as a developer to learn these things and adapt real quick 🙂
for me as a beginner also,to know which is good(best practices) or which unopiniated ,when i was doubt myself what im doin is alr best or it's a bad behavior,i will always ask chatgpt for that to get some keyword which I'll need to double-check on google(in case chat gpt hallucinations occurs).
because u can't learn (search)the feature,term,or best practices of something, unless u know it(problem u encounter in build a project) example when u write or copy-paste the same components again and again,u will feels something can be improved (define it once in a components folder) . that's a few solution from me :3
https://youtu.be/ofHeCWw44mE has interesting typescript resources
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I know building projects is good, but I’m coming from a place of having pretty much no knowledge of React. So when I see terms like hook, prop, stateless, etc. I have no clue what they mean, and trying to figure it out only leads me further down the rabbit hole.
Personally I prefer to have a good baseline understanding of entente I’m working with before delving into anything. It’s like trying to recite a poem in Mandarin. Sure, you might be able to get away with a lot just by recognising patterns, but actually taking the time to learn it would greatly help
Not always certificates are too outdated, some resources too
Don't know if it will help much but have you tried new official React docs? They were revamped pretty recently and they've been updated with a lot of examples, pitfalls, and good practices. In my opinion this is the best first place to get to know React in depth. Theo even made a video a while back about React docs beeing updated. (can't find the video atm but I'm pretty sure that this video exists)
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In case of Typescript "Typescript Handbook" is also awesome place to start.
https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro.html
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Other than that it's just rinse and repeat. You want to create a feature, think about it do a little bit of research, introduce it, refactor it, so on and so forth. Do it enough times and you will have a lot of knowledge and tools in your toolbelt ready to use at any time.
Doubting your skills is a normal think imo, so you shouldn't worry much about you don't knowing what to do since everyone doesn't know what to do, most of the times.
I also found a great article listing a lot of resources for React, about tooling for it, and answers for most common problems.
https://dev.to/theme_selection/ultimate-reactjs-resources-for-web-developers-2021-424c?utm_source=pocket_saves
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I hope I helped, remember you never stop learning.
Thanks, these are really helpful :)