Node with React: Fullstack Web Development

Why take this course?
🌟 Course Title: Node with React: Fullstack Web Development
Course Headline: 🚀 Build and deploy fullstack web apps with NodeJS, React, Redux, Express, and MongoDB!
Course Description
Note: This course assumes you've got the basics of React and Redux down. Check out my course 'Modern React with Redux', it's the perfect preparation for diving into this fullstack journey!
Unlock the Power of Fullstack Development 🛠️
Go beyond the basics of React and Redux with this comprehensive course that will teach you to combine the ultra-popular React, Redux, Express, and MongoDB technologies to build a fullstack web application from scratch.
Advanced Deployment Skills
- 💡 Advanced Deployment: Learn how to deploy your applications in real-world scenarios.
- 💰 Billing/Payments: Incorporate billing and payment processing into your app.
- ✉️ Handling Email: Master sending emails within your application.
What Will You Build?
In this course, we're not just learning by watching endless lectures. We'll get our hands dirty with a massive web application that profiles the advanced features of React, Redux, Express, and MongoDB. By integrating each concept into a real app, you'll understand their practical uses and how they fit together in a fullstack architecture.
Your Project: A Feedback-Collection Application
Build a large feedback-collection app that includes all the essential features such as authentication, email handling, and more. This project will serve as a testament to your abilities to apply what you've learned in real-world scenarios. It's designed to give you a deep understanding of each feature, ensuring you can confidently incorporate them into your own projects.
Course Curriculum Overview:
Here's a sneak peek at the topics we'll cover:
- Architectural Considerations: Understand the blueprint of building a full stack app.
- Connecting Frontend to Backend: Seamlessly integrate a Create-React-App server with NodeJS and Express backend.
- MongoDB Integration: Communicate data between your React application and Mongo database.
- Routing: Learn routing best practices with both React Router and Express.
- Form Handling: Build reusable user input forms using Redux Form and navigate your app effectively.
- Payment Processing: Handle credit card transactions and receive payments securely with Stripe.
- Email Automation: Engage users by automating emails for various application needs.
- OAuth Authentication: Enhance your app's authentication flows using Google OAuth.
- API Key Handling: Manage production and development resources effectively.
- Custom Build Landing Pages: Educate your users with custom landing pages that showcase the functionality of your app.
Why Take This Course?
I've carefully crafted this course to be the one I would have wanted when I was learning to build fullstack applications. It's designed to explain concepts and their implementations in an order that will allow you to learn and deeply understand them. By the end of this course, you won't just know how to use these technologies, you'll understand why they work the way they do and how they fit together in a fullstack application architecture.
Join me on this exciting journey into fullstack web development with NodeJS, React, Redux, Express, and MongoDB! 🚀👨💻✨
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Comidoc Review
Our Verdict
This course offers a thorough fullstack web development experience using popular technologies such as NodeJS, React, Redux, Express, and MongoDB. However, being an older course, certain aspects appear outdated, like some packages and UI libraries. Although it provides valuable learning opportunities for more experienced learners, beginners might find themselves confused due to the deprecated content unless they have solid background knowledge. Overall, while this Stephen Grider course remains informative, seeking updates or exploring other courses teaching current tools is advisable.
What We Liked
- Comprehensive fullstack web development course using NodeJS, React, Redux, Express, and MongoDB
- Instructor explains the 'why' and 'how' of implementing concepts, aiding in absorbing material
- Nicely covers OAuth, Webhooks, third-party APIs like Stripe and SendGrid
- Valuable experience for full-stack developers, including CI/CD and authentication processes
Potential Drawbacks
- Created in 2017 with potential usage of deprecated packages (e.g., react-stripe-checkout)
- Lacks modern tools like Redux Toolkit, ReactDOM.render deprecation, and Stripe's React checkout module
- No discussion on pros/cons of functional components vs. class components with React Hooks
- Some outdated content causing frustration for learners in 2023, with errors that can dent confidence