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CS 347: Lecture 16 – Hello, React

October 22, 2020 by Chris Johnson. Filed under fall-2020, lectures, webdev.

Dear students:

The first theme of this course has been learning the foundational technologies of the web: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Today we officially reach the second theme: designing modern web apps with React. Systems like React ease the burden of designing interactive sites with dynamic content.

Here’s your TODO list:

• Install the most recent LTS (long-term support) release of Node.js, an ecosystem for developing standalone JavaScript applications. I have no experience installing or using this on Windows. Please ask questions on Slack if you run into trouble.
• Recreate the app that I build in the following videos before next lab.
• Watch The Story Behind React.
• Watch Introduction to Pal.
• Watch Components and Props.
• Watch Making Component Instances.
• Watch Deleting Colors.
• Watch Adding Colors.
• Watch Deploying a React App.

See you next time.

Sincerely,