Build a Slack Chat App with React, Redux, and Firebase
What you'll learn
- Create full-stack apps with React, Redux and Firebase, among other tools in the React ecosystem
- Make complete React apps from scratch, from setting up their dev environment to deployment on the web
- Integrate Redux and Firebase with React apps using straightforward, practical patterns
- Learn every major part of Firebase 5--the real-time database, storage, rules, listeners and deployment with Firebase tools
Course content
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- 02:27Install React / Redux Dev Tools for Google Chrome
Requirements
- Some experience with React (i.e. having built a couple of projects with React Create App)
- Prior knowledge of ES6 features will help (spread operators, destructuring, object shorthand syntax)
Description
Interested in building impressive full-stack apps with React, Redux and Firebase? This is the course for you!
Here's what we will cover:
Creating a complete Slack chat application with React, Redux, and Firebase 5 from scratch
Sending and receiving messages instantly with the real-time Firebase Database
Uploading and displaying image messages using Firebase Storage
Notifications to display new messages in other channels
Sending Direct Messages to other users in our chat
Tracking / showing when users are online / offline
Searching messages within created channels
Custom animations to see when other users are typing in the same channel
Creating, cropping and uploading user avatars
The ability to favorite / unfavorite public channels
Add emojis to our messages with an Emoji Picker component
User authentication with Firebase
Form validation for our Login and Register forms
State management with Redux, with simple, straightforward patterns
Creating stunning user interfaces with Semantic UI React
Essential features of React Router 4 (Switch component, withRouter HOC, history object)
Tons of work with ES6 / 7
Helpful browser tools such as React / Redux Dev Tools
Securing our application with Firebase Rules
Deploying our chat app to the web using Firebase Tools
Keyboard shortcuts to rapidly send messages
And more!
What will be building in this course?
Throughout this course, we'll be building a live chat app for developers called DevChat, where users will be able to create channels, to send messages to other users on those channels, send media files, see when other users are typing, add emojis to their messages, favorite and unfavorite channels they like or dislike, and get notifications about new messages on other channels.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who has at least two months of experience with the JavaScript library React
- React developers interested in making functional, real-world apps
- Developers looking for more experience with the JavaScript language in a practical setting
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Instructor
I am a professional developer with a passion for learning and teaching everything I know.
I believe in learning through doing and this philosophy is present in every course that I teach.
I love to explore new web & mobile technologies and my courses focus on giving you the edge in our fast-moving industry.
Looking forward to seeing you inside one of my courses!