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How to Learn React, Next.js, or Anything

Talkat Next.js Conf 2020 · on Tuesday, 2020-10-27· [react, developer-experience]
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Claims that learning React/Next.js requires knowing the 20% of React that delivers 80% of outcomes, recommends starting with freeCodeCamp or Codecademy, and using simple tools like create-react-app, functional components, props, keys on lists and map for rendering. Notes Suspense and concurrent mode are experimental, SWR can handle data fetching, and Recoil/Redux are rarely necessary. Points to a concise official Next.js learning guide that completes in a day and to free courses Just React and Bulletproof Next that walk through building clones and real apps.

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  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 1:00Why learning is hard
  3. 3:38React Learning Framework
  4. 7:20React Hello World
  5. 15:50What I skipped
  6. 18:22Practice
  7. 19:25Learn Nextjs
  8. 20:30Practice Nextjs
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