Learn to easily build a React-based todo app! 📝
Hi, *|USERNAME|*!
If a Hello, World! app helps us get started with something, building the classic Todo List app is an important milestone in signaling that you are approaching Skilled Ninja Cat Wizard status. To put your React skills to the test, check out the Building a Todo List App article or the video (or both).
By the end of it, you'll have learned to build something that looks as follows:
By building this app, we cover a little bit of almost every React-related technique that exists. If you go the video route, you'll also see some debugging action where I try to identify bugs in the code that I wrote. Those bugs weren't planned, so you get to see me try to make sense of what is going on in real-time haha.
TILL NEXT TIME!
A common question I get is whether you should learn by watching the video or by reading the tutorial. There is no right answer to this. Everyone learns differently, so I try to provide both formats...time permitting. I am a visual learner. I need to see things explained visually before they start making sense. If that describes you, then I would suggest you start with the video and get a feel for what is going on. There is only so much you can learn from watching me code, though. To truly understand React, you need to get your own hands dirty and start building these apps yourself. While you can totally participate actively by following along with the video, it is much easier with the article since you can move at your own pace.
As always, before I leave you to it, I would love to hear from you on what you think about this newsletter. Drop by the forum topic for this and chime in, or ping me via Twitter.
Cheers,
Kirupa 😀