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Build job-ready React Native skills employers need. Add JavaScript, React, and React Native to your resume in less than 3 months and power up your mobile app development career!
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Basic computer literacy and basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Git.
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Beginner level
Basic computer literacy and basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Git.
Highly sought-after, job-ready skills in React Native employers need to meet the increase in demand for mobile apps.
JavaScript essentials, ES6 features, and core data structures, plus hands-on DOM manipulation and AJAX techniques.
How to build interactive front-end interfaces using React components and hooks.
How to create and manage Android and iOS mobile apps with React Native, focusing on state management.
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React Native is one of the two most popular frameworks for developing mobile apps (Statista). And with the number of smartphone users set to grow by over 30% (Statista), software developers with React Native skills are in hot demand. This specialization gives you the job-ready skills you need to catch an employer's eye or start your own app development venture.
This comprehensive specialization is suitable for new and existing software developers and deep dives into JavaScript fundamentals, including ECMAScript 6 features, key data structures like arrays, DOM, AJAX, and essential debugging techniques. You'll learn about error handling and DOM manipulation. You’ll create dynamic web pages and utilize JavaScript functions and libraries for navigation and page styling. Plus, you’ll use AJAX to fetch and display data from APIs.
You’ll also explore React, a popular JavaScript framework for building client-side user interfaces. You'll look at React components, props, hooks, state management, event handling, and component lifecycles. You'll get hands-on setting up the React Native environment, managing styles and state, handling user interactions and lists, and debugging and publishing apps.Upon completion of this short program, you will have built dynamic mobile apps that can run on both Android and iOS devices.
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Applied Learning Project
Throughout the specialization, you will have opportunities to test your skills through labs and projects. Hands-on projects include:
Building an interactive website using JavaScript, focusing on DOM manipulation, error handling, and AJAX.
Developing a web or mobile application to practice React components, state management, and event handling.
Creating a mobile app for Android and iOS, applying React Native for styling, state management, and navigation.
Describe JavaScript development concepts, list ES6 features, outline data structures, and explore arrays, DOM, AJAX, and debugging techniques.
Explore handling errors and exceptions, functions and events, apply string manipulation and error-handing techniques, and traverse the DOM.
Compare functions, values, reference types, and strategies in promises and async/await, and discuss modifying the appearance of DOM elements.
Employ JavaScript functions, services, tools, and libraries to create and style navigation and pages, and AJAX to fetch and display data from APIs.
Develop interactive user interfaces (UIs) and web applications using JavaScript technologies including React, JSX, and ES6.
Build dynamic front-end applications quickly and easily with reusable React components.
Employ various React concepts and features, including props, states, hooks, forms, and Redux.
Demonstrate your React skills by building several front-end applications such as a shopping cart.
Job-ready skills that employers are looking for by using React Native for mobile app development
How to use the features of React DevTools supported by a good understanding of the key components and concepts of React Native
How to apply React Native stylesheets, layouts, events, and props to develop cross-platform mobile apps
Hands-on practice developing apps with Expo, plus testing and publishing apps by applying app debugging and publishing concepts
Job-ready mobile app back-end services skills employers look for in less than one month
How to apply user interface principles to create intuitive, visually appealing mobile apps and integrate notifications to enhance user engagement.
How to publish your app in marketplaces and implement marketing strategies.
How to enhance mobile apps with databases like SQLite and cloud services like Firebase.
Create a GitHub repository, develop user stories to guide development tasks, and design UX and UI using Figma for a mobile app.
Implement login and registration, develop a home screen with navigation, and a detail screen for item-specific info using Flutter or React Native.
Implement local storage for data persistence and integrate external APIs to fetch and display real-time data using Flutter or React Native.
Add settings for user customization and notification features to enhance engagement, and explore publishing and marketing strategies for your app.
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This specialization is ideal for software developers who are looking to take their career to the next level developing mobile apps.
Basic computer literacy and basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Git.
Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Certificate, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Certificate. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
Yes, it is highly recommended to take the courses in the order they are listed, as they progressively build on concepts taught in previous courses.
At this time,college credit is not available for taking this program.
Mobile app developers use React Native to build cross-platform apps that work on both iOS and Android from a single codebase. With React Native, they write apps using JavaScript and React, which streamlines development and reduces time and costs. It allows developers to use native components, ensuring the app performs like a fully native application while offering a flexible, faster development process.
Mobile app developers use JavaScript to create dynamic, interactive apps, often through frameworks like React Native or Ionic. JavaScript enables developers to write code that works across multiple platforms, such as iOS and Android, from a single codebase. It allows developers to handle user interactions, control app functionality, and communicate with backend services, making it a versatile tool for building both the front-end and back-end of mobile applications.
Mobile app developers use React to build user interfaces (UIs) for web-based mobile apps, focusing on creating reusable components that efficiently manage data and UI state. While React is primarily for web development, when combined with frameworks like React Native, developers can use React to build mobile apps that run on both iOS and Android. React's component-based architecture allows for faster development, easy updates, and maintenance by breaking the app into modular, reusable pieces.
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Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.
This Specialization doesn't carry university credit, but some universities may choose to accept Specialization Certificates for credit. Check with your institution to learn more.
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