Build a web app with React Hooks
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Learn how we built the new Design+Code site with React Hooks using Gatsby, Netlify, and advanced CSS techniques with Styled Components.
Taught by Meng To
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20 topics
All techniques are explained step-by-step, in a beginner-friendly format so that you can easily follow in a cohesive way.
1
Build a web app with React Hooks
Design and code a web app using React, Gatsby, Contentful, Netlify and advanced CSS techniques with Styled Components
19:23
2
CSS Styling and Best Practices
Reset your CSS, set up your fonts and create your first React component
18:14
3
Styled Components and Section Structure
Structure your Section component and install the Styled Components React library
17:06
4
Text Styles, Color Variables and Global Style
Set your text styles and light/dark mode themes based on your design system
18:50
5
Button Component and Props
Create a reusable button component and receive React props
10:13
6
CSS Grid and Position Absolute
Learn to position and align elements in a flexible layout
14:53
7
CSS Hover, Transition and 2D Transform
Create a beautiful mouse over interaction using CSS transform properties
11:15
8
CSS Selectors and Filter Effect
Powerful tricks to select elements, components and apply CSS filter effects
10:29
9
Backdrop-Filter Blur
Learn how to create a beautiful frosted glass effect in CSS
12:33
10
Perspective 3D Transforms
Use CSS transform properties to apply perspective 3D effects
10:21
11
Static Data with Arrays
Learn how to loop with the map function using arrays and objects
9:07
12
Grid Repeat and Data
Work with your static data and apply repeatable grid columns
12:05
13
Styled Component Props
Pass props to your Styled Components and use conditions to apply interesting effects
6:40
14
Toggle Menu with useState
Show and hide a floating menu using React useState
11:12
15
Visibility and Loop Condition
Apply a CSS transition on your toggle interaction and show React components based on a condition
10:56
16
Function Event and PreventDefault
Handle the click event and prevent links from their default behavior
6:36
17
Wave Component and Inline Styling
Create a wave background and use inline styling for quick CSS properties
12:05
18
CSS Keyframes Animation with Delay
Create a beautiful start animation in CSS using delays
11:22
19
Text Gradient and Media Queries
Apply a gradient to your texts and use media queries to make your layout adaptive
17:27
20
useEffect and Deploy to Netlify
Control the lifecycle of your app and publish your site online
15:51
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Meng To
I design, code and write
Meng To is the author of Design+Code. Meng started off his career as a self-taught designer from Montreal and eventually traveled around the world for 2 years as his US VISA was denied. During his travels, he wrote a book which now has 35,000 readers.
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React Hooks: Question 1 out of 20
What value will you set for the box-sizing property to set the container size independent of the padding?
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Jiani Li
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Bucket is now live in @AppAirport! Thanks to @designcodeio by @MengTo, I was able to learn #SwiftUI and built the app in 2 months.
Mike Ekkel
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Mike Ekkel
Frontend Engineer at Bynder
What I really like about @MengTo's SwiftUI course is how he introduces you to awesome use cases for so many of the view modifiers. While this scroll animation is straight from the course, you can imagine all the cool things you could do with it!
Haawa
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Haawa
iOS Developer
Hey MengTo, I launched my iOS/watchOS app RunnerGoal almost completely built with SwiftUI. Thank you for the design lessons and many controls and animation that I used from you SwiftUI course. Man bowing deeply.
Ben Hylak
UX Engineer at GoogleARVR
If you want to make something beautiful, this is where to start. This is not a programming course, and this is not just a design course. Meng removes that line all together and simply teaches the art of making. From keyboard shortcuts to color theory, this course leaves no stone unturned. Everything you learn here you will use immediately -- there is simply no other course like this.
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Design+Code is a wake-up call. Why should I learn a web based technology or a deprecated tool when the obvious choice is to learn Xcode?
