The JS You Need to Know Before Learning React

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Covers the exact JavaScript features used constantly in React: template literals, spread operator, arrow functions, and array methods like map filter reduce, with clear code patterns (implicit returns, destructuring for arrays/objects, reduce accumulator). Notes about 15 of ~20 LinkedIn job listings include React. Recommends practicing with interactive sites (Codecademy, Egghead, dev.to, MDN), building concrete projects, and learning GraphQL as a practical next step to stand out.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker background
2. 1:04Why React is important
3. 2:47JavaScript basics needed
4. 4:51Template literals explained
5. 6:37Spread operator in JavaScript
6. 8:44Arrow functions syntax
7. 11:10Destructuring arrays and objects
8. 13:36Array methods map filter reduce
9. 19:58Next steps to learn React
10. 22:27Q&A on learning React

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