Frontend Development with React

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Master the art of frontend development with this comprehensive course focused on React, one of the most powerful libraries for building dynamic web interfaces. You'll learn to build responsive UIs, manage complex application state with Redux, and create seamless user experiences that interact with real backend APIs. By the end of this course, you’ll have a fully functional frontend integrated with user authentication, post creation, and real-time feedback. The course begins by walking you through the backend routes for posts, where you'll set up APIs to create, delete, like, and comment on user-generated content. Once the backend is complete, you’ll dive into React—starting with a UI overview and progressing through setup, component creation, and navigation using React Router. You’ll also implement core features like user registration and login, directly connecting your frontend to backend services. From there, the course introduces Redux, giving you a strong foundation in global state management. You'll build a Redux store, handle alerts through reducers and actions, and integrate these features into the app using custom components. The final module focuses on building secure and dynamic user experiences through authentication workflows, managing tokens, and updating UI elements based on user status. This course is ideal for frontend developers who want to build modern, interactive applications using React and Redux. Familiarity with JavaScript and some backend concepts is recommended. The course is Intermediate in difficulty and perfect for developers aiming to become full-stack professionals.