--- title: The JavaScript Skills You Need For React (+ Practical... description: Reed Barger is the co-founder of React and the author of The React Manifesto. He has written several books about React, including a book on how to use it in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-javascript-skills-you-need-for-react-practical-examples--bgcyhrluz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The JavaScript Skills You Need For React (+ Practical Examples) | daily.dev og:description: Reed Barger is the co-founder of React and the author of The React Manifesto. He has written several books about React, including a book on how to use it in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-javascript-skills-you-need-for-react-practical-examples--bgcyhrluz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BGCYhrLuz.png og:image:alt: The JavaScript Skills You Need For React (+ Practical Examples) 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. # The JavaScript Skills You Need For React (+ Practical Examples) **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 12 min read · 42 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Reed Barger is the co-founder of React and the author of The React Manifesto. He has written several books about React, including a book on how to use it in the real world. Reed has also written a book about how to work with React in the Web. ## 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. **@davik4life** · 1 upvotes > Awesome content Reed! Thanks so much for the breakdown! I would definitely be learning React also soon. **@ianfelix** · 1 upvotes > It's amazing!!! ## 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: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-javascript-skills-you-need-for-react-practical-examples--bgcyhrluz) ```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":"The JavaScript Skills You Need For React (+ Practical Examples)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-javascript-skills-you-need-for-react-practical-examples--bgcyhrluz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-javascript-skills-you-need-for-react-practical-examples--bgcyhrluz"},"datePublished":"2021-01-16T16:52:37.841Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Reed Barger is the co-founder of React and the author of The React Manifesto. 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Thanks so much for the breakdown! I would definitely be learning React also soon.","datePublished":"2021-01-17T02:27:19.202Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/BGCYhrLuz#c-XYjcytSdQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Adeshile","url":"https://daily.dev/davik4life","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/13077450?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"It’s amazing!!!","datePublished":"2021-01-17T00:30:18.928Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/BGCYhrLuz#c-AIfuRHIPF","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ian Felix","url":"https://daily.dev/ianfelix","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/62842327?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```