--- title: Learn React – A Handbook for Beginners | daily.dev description: This handbook provides step-by-step instructions for learning React, covering topics such as JSX, components, props, states, form handling, network requests,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-react-a-handbook-for-beginners-qhln8bafv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Learn React – A Handbook for Beginners | daily.dev og:description: This handbook provides step-by-step instructions for learning React, covering topics such as JSX, components, props, states, form handling, network requests,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-react-a-handbook-for-beginners-qhln8bafv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QhLN8BafV.png og:image:alt: Learn React – A Handbook for Beginners og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Learn React – A Handbook for Beginners **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@nathansebhastian](https://daily.dev/nathansebhastian) · 32 min read · 80 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary This handbook provides step-by-step instructions for learning React, covering topics such as JSX, components, props, states, form handling, network requests, and the useEffect hook. It emphasizes the simplicity and power of React, with a low learning curve and strong community support. The handbook concludes with a recommendation for further learning through a book called Beginning React. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@corentynhayer** · 2 upvotes > What a source when you have to learn and discover a variety of function ! **@devdailyadmin** · 1 upvotes > Best learning is doing some projects or messing around with existing ones. Take simple existing projects from github, simple website or an app and see how it works, change, try adding stuff to it. This will be 100% better than reading anything **@nathansebhastian** · 0 upvotes > This handbook shows how you can get started with React in a brain-friendly way. Most people tend to start React by diving into framework like Next.js or Gatsby, which is complicated for beginners. > > I hope this book can help you understand the basics of building web applications using React. > > Cheers! **@narendrakoya** · 0 upvotes > This is the best explanation of React.js I have seen in recent times. Thank You. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#jsx](https://daily.dev/tags/jsx) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/learn-react-a-handbook-for-beginners-qhln8bafv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Learn React – A Handbook for Beginners","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-react-a-handbook-for-beginners-qhln8bafv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-react-a-handbook-for-beginners-qhln8bafv"},"datePublished":"2024-03-01T04:03:21.413Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"This handbook provides step-by-step instructions for learning React, covering topics such as JSX, components, props, states, form handling, network requests,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/de02f566e5d5500fe0d6207d81ed0226?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/de02f566e5d5500fe0d6207d81ed0226?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"freeCodeCamp","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nathan Sebhastian","url":"https://daily.dev/nathansebhastian","image":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/10413648?v=4","description":"Software Developer and Digital Creator.\n\nHelping 1 million people learn programming","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":870}},"commentCount":5,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-react-a-handbook-for-beginners-qhln8bafv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":80},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}],"keywords":"react,jsx","timeRequired":"PT32M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"freeCodeCamp","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Learn React – A Handbook for Beginners"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-react-a-handbook-for-beginners-qhln8bafv","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"What a source when you have to learn and discover a variety of function !","datePublished":"2024-03-03T15:14:48.501Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/QhLN8BafV#c-E8yQS5NnJ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"corentyn hayer","url":"https://daily.dev/corentynhayer","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--DKBbPLBI--/f_auto/v1707647228/avatars/avatar_vzY2fCHyONlsS3BHjJZKR"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Best learning is doing some projects or messing around with existing ones. 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