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20 sections - 4 hours of video

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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.

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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.

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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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Meet the instructor

We all try to be consistent with our way of teaching step-by-step, providing source files and prioritizing design in our courses.

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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David Norris

App Developer

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David Norris

App Developer

Big thanks to you and your DesignCode team. A big help to me. Learning design is just as important as the code that drives it. Built @getNebulaApp, using the SwiftUI courses. Essential for learning iOS and macOS app dev.

Christiano Mere

Designer

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Christiano Mere

Designer

My studies of swiftUI with a little help and inspirations of @designcodeio and @MengTo. Thanks for the today's live. Illustrations by @FireartStudio

Jiani Li

UI/UX Designer/Developer

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Jiani Li

UI/UX Designer/Developer

Bucket is now live in @AppAirport! Thanks to @designcodeio by @MengTo, I was able to learn #SwiftUI and built the app in 2 months.

Artem Adams

Artchitect at IBM

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Artem Adams

Artchitect at IBM

Learned a lot from your course to port my app from #AppleWatch to #iPhone, #iPad and #Mac. All SwiftUI, one code base, iCloud, learn words with Widgets.

Kenny Chen

UX Designer at Google

I found and bought Design+Code by Meng To which takes you through each step of the process from design to code to app store submission.

Chris Ching

Teaches iOS Programming

As a developer, I really appreciated the chapters on Color Theory and Typography. It was just the right balance of theory combined with examples.

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