React Tutorial for Beginners

Free step-by-step React tutorials for beginners — from your first Vite project to JSX, components, hooks, forms, and routing. Every lesson includes runnable code examples.

Start Lesson 1 — React Introduction

What you’ll learn

  • Set up a modern React 19 project with Vite and Node.js
  • Understand JSX syntax and the automatic JSX transform
  • Build functional components and pass props
  • Manage state with useState and side effects with useEffect
  • Build controlled forms and multi-page apps with React Router
  • Follow a structured path from zero to your first React app

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Tutorials by Kindson Munonye — software engineer, technical author, and instructor at Alkademy. More free courses at kindsonthegenius.com.