Introduction to React and NodeJS

Build a full stack app by connecting a React frontend to a Node.js backend with Express, enabling create, retrieve, update, and delete operations on book lists via JSON.

Create a GitHub repository for a React and NodeJS project, add a default node gitignore and an optional emet license, then clone the project.

Create a simple React component, import and export it, and embed it in the app; style it with a stylesheet, and track changes with git status and commit.

Build a simple server with the node http module, handling requests on port 8000, and return JSON using JSON.stringify for a book object with an author and title great expectations.

Master MySQL insert techniques, including insert into books set, safe deletes, and date handling for JavaScript via the MySQL module.

Insert a book record into a MySQL database from a Node.js app using an insert into set query with a book object containing author, title, and published.

Explore how hooks replace the need for class state with useState and useEffect in a flash message component, toggling visibility with a visible state and show or hide classes.

Learn how to use the useEffect hook to run code after render, manage a flash message with a timeout, and clean up by clearing the timeout on unmount.