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Software Intermediate

Frontend Developer – React JS

Ten weeks of component-driven UI development, from hooks and state management to deploying production React applications.

★★★★★ 4.8 (241 ratings) ⏰ 10 weeks

About this program

Frontend Developer – React JS is built for learners who already know HTML, CSS and JavaScript basics and want to specialize in modern, component-based frontend development. You'll go deep into React — hooks, state management, routing, and consuming real APIs — the way it's actually used in production teams.

The track ends with you building and deploying a polished, portfolio-ready React application, styled to a professional standard and connected to live data.

Core competencies

Component Architecture

Reusable components, props and composition patterns.

React Hooks

useState, useEffect and custom hooks for clean, reusable logic.

State Management

Context API and application-wide state patterns.

API Integration & Deployment

Fetching live data and deploying production React apps.

10-week build path

WEEKS 1–2React Fundamentals▼
  • JSX, components, props and rendering
  • Handling events and conditional rendering
WEEKS 3–4Hooks & State▼
  • useState, useEffect and the rules of hooks
  • Building custom hooks for reusable logic
WEEKS 5–6Routing & State Management▼
  • Client-side routing with React Router
  • Context API for shared application state
  • Milestone: multi-page React application
WEEKS 7–8API Integration▼
  • Fetching and displaying live data from REST APIs
  • Forms, validation and error handling
WEEKS 9–10Capstone & Deployment▼
  • Building a polished, portfolio-ready React application
  • Deployment and demo day presentation

What graduates say

Ian Mwaura
Cohort of March 2025
★★★★★

Went from copy-pasting React tutorials to actually understanding hooks. The custom hooks module was the turning point for me.

Lucy Wanjiku
Cohort of October 2024
★★★★★

The capstone project looks great in my portfolio and recruiters have commented on it directly in interviews.