What are skills you must know before learning ReactJS?
If developers directly go to React they will face a lot of problems while learning this library. So, in this article, we will see what are skills you must know before learning ReactJS.
What are skills you must know before learning ReactJS?
There is no doubt that ReactJS is the most popular library among frontend developers. Its popularity is continuously increasing day by day. The website running on ReactJS looks beautiful. Also, most of the beginners in development get attracted to ReactJs as well. But a common mistake that a lot of developers and experienced people make is jumping directly into ReactJS without knowing the prerequisites.
You will get stuck during your interview if you will be asked some questions related to ES6, JSX, Babel, Package manager, basic javascript, or some other fundamental concepts. We are going to discuss some prerequisites and some basic concepts that you should know before you jump to React. These basic concepts will also help you to pick up some other frameworks and libraries of javascript in the future.
HTML and CSS
Every front-end developer starts their journey with HTML and CSS. So before you start learning to react you should have a good command of writing HTML and CSS. You should know how to write semantic HTML tags, how to write CSS selectors, how to use classes, how to implement a CSS reset, box model, how to reset to border-box, flexbox, how to write responsive web applications including media queries, and how to build a frontend application using HTML and CSS.
JSX (Javascript XML) & Babel
In React you will work with JSX that looks like HTML and you can consider it like HTML-flavored JavaScript. It is the easiest way to add HTML code inside javascript or you can say it is the extension of the Javascript language syntax. You should have a complete understanding of what is JSX before you start learning React. Just take a look at the code below.