AI-Assisted Frontend Development with React

Create dynamic front-end experiences with React

Modern front-end development is about more than styling pages. On this course, you’ll use React to build interactive, component-based applications that manage changing data and connect to live services, working alongside Claude Code, an AI coding assistant, throughout.

Start with React fundamentals, including components, JSX, the virtual DOM, and the modern development environment. You’ll see how reusable components make applications easier to organise and scale, and learn to guide Claude Code with clear prompts, then review and correct the code it generates.

Manage data and interaction with React hooks

Explore props, state, and hooks such as useState and useEffect to manage application data and side effects. You’ll practise composing reusable component hierarchies and debugging AI-generated code with tests that expose hidden bugs.

Navigate single-page applications

Use client-side routing to create multi-view experiences without page reloads, keeping larger React applications organised and easy to move through.

Connect React to live data

Consume REST APIs and handle asynchronous data, loading states, and errors. You’ll use Claude Code to refactor your data-fetching logic, deciding which changes to accept, reject, or correct as your project grows.

By the end, you’ll be able to create data-driven React applications with AI-powered features, and use AI coding tools confidently while keeping your own judgement in control of the code you ship.

This course is for aspiring and practising front-end developers, full stack developers, software engineers, and designers who code. Working knowledge of HTML, Tailwind, CSS, JavaScript, DOM manipulation, and ES6+ features is required.

Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including functions, arrays, objects, and asynchronous programming, is recommended; no prior React experience is required. You will need a computer with a stable internet connection, a code editor such as VS Code, Node.js, and a modern browser. Claude Code and a Vercel account are required for the related exercises, and Claude API access is needed for live AI responses, though a mock AI provider is included for development and testing.

This course is for aspiring and practising front-end developers, full stack developers, software engineers, and designers who code. Working knowledge of HTML, Tailwind, CSS, JavaScript, DOM manipulation, and ES6+ features is required.

• Create responsive React interfaces using JSX, components, props, and Tailwind CSS.
• Apply hooks, Context, reducers, routing, and API data fetching.
• Develop interactive forms with validation, error handling, and optimistic updates.
• Evaluate React performance, accessibility, and AI-generated code through testing.
• Demonstrate secure AI-powered React applications with streaming, structured outputs, and deployment.