A short introductory video by Brad Traversy that walks through the basics of React, the JavaScript library for building user interfaces, and how to use it. It is aimed at getting a viewer from little or no React knowledge to a working understanding quickly.

Commenters point to it as a quick way to see what React offers over plain JavaScript and to get started with it.

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1. RecommendsSethamanr/ExperiencedDevs2020in “Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones”▲ 1

   Check out youtube for "Traversey Media". He's also got some Udemy courses. His "REACT" and "MERN" video series are pretty good to get you from zero to live app. Good luck!

2. Recommendsnbg91r/webdev2019in “Beginner Questions - January 11, 2019”▲ 1

   I'm not great at articulating this, but think of it this way. ​ To create what can be done with React in a small amount of time, would probably take you 5 times longer to code from scratch in plain Javascript. ​ Like upgrading from a small axe to a chainsaw. ​ Take a look at…

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