Single-page apps have become the standard and best way to build interactive web sites. Unfortunately, there’s a problem with most SPAs, and it’s called the first page download problem, which leads to lots of waiting, and unhappy users. In this course, Building Server-side Rendered React Apps for Beginners, you’ll learn how to solve this first page download problem by having the web server generate all the HTML for you that would otherwise have to be generated by the client. First, you’ll explore fundamentals of React. Next, you’ll see what it takes to build a React app, that renders full HTML from the server on every landing page, then runs 100% clientside after that. Then, you’ll learn about the more complex case of including REST data in your server-side rendered html. Finally, you’ll see how to deploy your app with Docker to Digitial Ocean, one of the top web hosts on the internet that can scale your app from tiny to huge. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll be ready to build highly-performant React web apps that download all the HTML necessary to display a web page immediately to the user; no more first page download problem.
Author Name: Peter Kellner
Author Description:
Peter is an independent software consultant, specializing in .NET development from 1985 through 2001, as well as an eleven time Microsoft MVP. He was founder and president of Tufden Inc, where he successfully delivered systems for clinic scheduling, insurance company management and medical claim processing. His solutions included delivering a turnkey medical office management system to over 500 customers nationwide. His passion for the computer dates back to elementary school when he joined his … more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Why Is Server-side Rendering Important?
  4mins
• Fundamentals of Building with React and Server-side Rendering
  24mins
• REST Data in Server-side Rendering and getInitialProps
  22mins
• Extending Your Server-side Rendered App to the Real World
  24mins
• Deploying Your App to a Node Server and Production
  15mins
• Ensuring Your Server-side App Performs
  21mins