Why React — and Why Now
If you have spent years building APIs, writing database queries, and designing…
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JSX and Components — The Building Blocks
The first time you see React code, your brain will say “that’s HTML inside…
Props and State — Data Flow in React
Every backend system has a data model and rules for how data moves through the…
Routing in React Apps
If you’ve built APIs with Express, you already understand routing. You define a…
Forms — The Painful Part Made Simple
Forms in React have a reputation for being painful. If you’ve spent years…
Hooks — The Modern React Way
If you have spent any time with older React tutorials, you have seen class…
Context API and State Management
So far, every piece of state we have worked with lives inside a single component…
Performance — When and How to Optimize
Performance is the topic every backend engineer wants to talk about on day one…
useEffect — Side Effects Done Right
Every backend system has side effects — database writes, HTTP calls, message…
React.js Crash Course for Backend Engineers
You know backend engineering. You’ve built APIs, managed databases, designed…
Talking to Your Backend
You’ve spent your career on the other side of the wire — building the APIs that…
Testing React — The Practical Guide
You’ve been writing tests for years. You know the value of a good test suite and…
Real Project — Build a Dashboard
This is it. Twelve lessons of React, and now we wire everything together into a…
Building AI Agents with Tool Use
An LLM by itself can only generate text. It cannot check the weather, query a…