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Become a Professional React Developer Specialization

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Become a Professional React Developer Specialization

Master React: From Basics to Advanced Projects.

Gain comprehensive React skills, tackle real-world challenges, and prepare for technical interviews.

Instructors: Per Harald Borgen

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5 course series

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5 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

from 263 reviews of courses in this program

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months to complete

at 10 hours a week

What you'll learn

Develop proficiency in React fundamentals, state management, and advanced features for building responsive web applications.
Apply React skills to real-world projects, enhancing problem-solving abilities and preparing for technical interviews.

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Specialization - 5 course series

This React specialization covers everything from foundational principles to advanced concepts and practical challenges. You'll start with React basics, advance through complex topics, and apply your knowledge in real-world projects, including building apps and games. Additionally, the specialization prepares you for technical interviews with curated questions that enhance your problem-solving skills.

Applied Learning Project

Through engaging projects such as a consent form, calculator, dashboard, and more, learners will apply React concepts to develop functional applications. These hands-on challenges simulate real-world problems, offering valuable experience in creating, optimizing, and deploying interactive web solutions.

Learn React

Course 1, 18 hours

What you'll learn

Create interactive components using React’s state and props to manage data flow.
Utilize React to build a variety of real-world projects.
Apply accessibility best practices to ensure a user-friendly experience.

Skills you'll gain

Category: React.js

Category: Front-End Web Development

Category: Web Frameworks

Category: Data Mapping

Category: Code Reusability

Category: JavaScript Frameworks

Category: User Interface (UI)

Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Category: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Category: Web Development Tools

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

Category: UI Components

Learn Advanced React

Course 2, 17 hours

What you'll learn

Elevate your expertise with our Advanced React course. Building upon your foundational knowledge, this course delves into advanced React patterns, internal workings, and the implementation of complex applications using React Router.

Taught by industry veteran Bob Ziroll, who has successfully guided thousands of students towards rewarding careers in front-end development, this course equips you with in-depth React proficiency that stands out in the competitive job market. Why React? As the most sought-after front-end library globally, React not only offers abundant job opportunities but also enhances your overall JavaScript proficiency. Unlike other libraries, React fosters core JavaScript skills, empowering you to master the art of web development. Take your front-end development career to the next level with our Advanced React Development course.

Skills you'll gain

Category: React.js

Category: JavaScript Frameworks

Category: Routing Protocols

Category: UI Components

Category: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Category: Authentications

Category: Javascript

Category: Debugging

Category: Code Reusability

Category: Frontend Performance

Category: Context Management

Category: Data Management

What's new in React 19?

Course 3, 1 hour

What you'll learn

React 19
React use() API
useActionState()

Skills you'll gain

Category: React.js

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

Category: Front-End Web Development

Category: Frontend Performance

React Technical Interview Practice Questions

Course 4, 11 hours

What you'll learn

Test your understanding of React and enhance your ability to solve problems.
Gain practical experience in using React to develop games, apps, features, and tests.

Skills you'll gain

Category: React.js

Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Category: Event-Driven Programming

Category: JavaScript Frameworks

Category: UI Components

Category: Front-End Web Development

Category: User Interface (UI)

Category: User Experience Design

Category: Javascript

Category: Web Development

Category: Data Management

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

React Interview Questions

Course 5, 1 hour

What you'll learn

In just 40 minutes, teacher Cassidy Williams introduces some of the most common React interview questions and guides you through the best answers, helping you to knock the socks off your future interviewers.

Skills you'll gain

Category: React.js

Category: Javascript

Category: UI Components

Category: Front-End Web Development

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Instructors

Per Harald Borgen

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17 Courses67,083 learners

Bob Ziroll

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14 Courses58,562 learners

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Learner reviews across Become a Professional React Developer

avg. across 5 courses

5 stars
80.36%
4 stars
14.54%
3 stars
2.54%
2 stars
0.72%
1 star
1.81%

Course: Learn React

5.0

Reviewed on Aug 2, 2025

The course is designed perfectly, a lot of examples and challenges that helps to learn easily. If someone is new to react and want to understand it this course is highly recommended to start with.

Course: Learn Advanced React

5.0

Reviewed on Oct 7, 2025

good i liked this but need some changes sometime providing correct answers then it shows errors

Course: Learn React

5.0

Reviewed on Sep 27, 2023

This course is really practical. If you only pay attention and try all the assignments, you are good to go

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Frequently asked questions

The runtime for the lessons is around 35 hours, but expect to spend at least three times as long, as the course is filled with interactive coding challenges and projects.

You should know basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

No, you can jump around. But we recommend you to follow the order of our lessons.

This React Specialization course covers everything from foundational principles to advanced concepts and practical challenges. You'll start with React basics, advance through complex topics, and apply your knowledge in real-world projects, such as building apps and games. Additionally, the course prepares you for technical interviews with curated questions that enhance your problem-solving skills.