JavaScript Frameworks Masterclass
Master the most popular JavaScript frameworks including React, Vue, and Angular. This course takes you from modern JavaScript foundations through component architecture, state management, and testing, culminating in a full single-page application you build and deploy yourself.
About This Course
The JavaScript Frameworks Masterclass is built for developers who already know JavaScript and are ready to work with the tools that power most modern web applications. Rather than focusing on a single library, this course teaches you React, Vue 3, and Angular side by side, so you understand the shared concepts behind components, reactivity, and state, and can move confidently between ecosystems.
You'll start by strengthening your modern JavaScript foundations with ES6+ syntax, modules, and asynchronous programming. From there you'll build real interfaces in each framework, manage application state, add client-side routing, and write tests for your components. The course finishes with a full single-page application capstone that you scaffold with modern build tooling and deploy to a live host.
What You'll Learn
- Write modern JavaScript using ES6+ features, modules, and
async/await - Build reusable, composable UI from components and understand one-way data flow
- Develop applications in React using JSX, props, state, and hooks like
useStateanduseEffect - Manage shared state and add client-side routing with React Router
- Build reactive interfaces in Vue 3 with the Composition API and
ref/reactive - Structure Angular apps with components, services, dependency injection, and RxJS observables
- Compare React, Vue, and Angular objectively and choose the right one for a project
- Test components with modern tooling and configure builds with Vite
- Deploy a production single-page application to a live host
Requirements
- Solid HTML and CSS skills, including building responsive layouts
- Comfortable with JavaScript fundamentals: variables, functions, arrays, objects, and the DOM
- We recommend completing our Web Development Fundamentals course first if you are new to coding
- Node.js and npm installed locally (we walk through the setup)
- A code editor such as Visual Studio Code and a modern web browser
Who This Course Is For
- Front-end developers ready to move from vanilla JavaScript to frameworks
- Bootcamp graduates who want a deeper, comparative understanding of React, Vue, and Angular
- Back-end developers who need to build client-side interfaces
- Self-taught coders preparing for front-end engineering roles
- Teams deciding which framework to adopt for an upcoming project
- Anyone who wants to build modern single-page applications confidently
Refresh and extend your JavaScript with the language features frameworks rely on every day: block scoping, arrow functions, ES modules, and asynchronous code.
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1.1
let,const, and Block Scope -
1.2 Arrow Functions, Destructuring, and Spread
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1.3 ES Modules:
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1.4 Promises and
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1.5 Array Methods:
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1.6 Exercise: Fetching and Transforming API Data
Understand the mental model shared by every modern framework: breaking a UI into reusable components with inputs, outputs, and a predictable lifecycle.
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2.1 What Is a Component?
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2.2 Composition, Props Down, Events Up
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2.3 Declarative Rendering and the Virtual DOM
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2.4 Thinking in Components: Breaking Down a Design
Build your first React applications using JSX, props, and state, then add interactivity and side effects with hooks.
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3.1 JSX and Rendering Elements
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3.2 Components and Props
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3.3 State with
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3.4 Handling Events and Forms
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3.5 Side Effects with
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3.6 Lists, Keys, and Conditional Rendering
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3.7 Project: Building an Interactive Task Board
Scale React apps beyond a single component: share state across the tree, add navigation, and learn when to reach for a dedicated state library.
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4.1 Lifting State Up and Prop Drilling
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4.2 The Context API with
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4.3 Complex State with
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4.4 Global State with Redux Toolkit
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4.5 Client-Side Routing with React Router
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4.6 Project: Multi-Page Dashboard with Shared State
Learn Vue 3 with the modern Composition API, building reactive components with single-file components and a transparent reactivity system.
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5.1 Single-File Components and Templates
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5.2 Reactivity with
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5.3 The Composition API and
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5.4 Computed Properties and Watchers
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5.5 Vue Router and Pinia for State
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5.6 Project: Rebuilding the Task Board in Vue
Explore Angular's opinionated, TypeScript-first approach: components, services, dependency injection, and reactive data streams with RxJS.
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6.1 The Angular CLI and Project Structure
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6.2 Components, Templates, and Data Binding
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6.3 Services and Dependency Injection
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6.4 Observables and RxJS Basics
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6.5 The Angular Router and HttpClient
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6.6 Project: Rebuilding the Task Board in Angular
Step back and evaluate React, Vue, and Angular across real criteria so you can make an informed, project-specific decision.
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7.1 Architecture and Learning Curve Compared
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7.2 Performance, Bundle Size, and Tooling
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7.3 Ecosystem, Community, and Job Market
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7.4 A Decision Framework for Picking a Stack
Write confidence-building tests for your components, from isolated unit tests to user-centric integration tests and end-to-end flows.
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8.1 The Testing Pyramid for Front-End Apps
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8.2 Unit Testing with Vitest and Jest
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8.3 Component Testing with Testing Library
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8.4 End-to-End Tests with Playwright
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8.5 Exercise: Adding a Test Suite to the Task Board
Understand what happens between your source code and the browser: bundling, environment configuration, optimization, and shipping to production.
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9.1 How Bundlers Work: Vite and Webpack
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9.2 Environment Variables and Build Modes
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9.3 Code Splitting and Lazy Loading
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9.4 Deploying an SPA to Netlify and Vercel
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9.5 Continuous Deployment with GitHub Actions
Bring everything together by building a complete single-page application in the framework of your choice, then deploying it live with tests and CI in place.
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10.1 Planning Features and Component Architecture
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10.2 Building the UI and Routing
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10.3 Connecting to a REST API and Managing State
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10.4 Testing and Optimizing the Application
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10.5 Deploying and Presenting Your Project
Elena Vasquez
Senior Front-End Engineer & Educator
About the Instructor
Elena Vasquez is a senior front-end engineer with over 11 years of experience building large-scale single-page applications for SaaS and e-commerce companies. She has shipped production code in React, Vue, and Angular, and has led front-end architecture for teams maintaining apps used by millions of people.
Most recently Elena worked as a staff front-end engineer at a fintech company, where she led the migration of a legacy AngularJS codebase to a modern component architecture and established the team's testing and CI practices. She is a regular contributor to open-source UI libraries and a frequent speaker at JavaScript conferences.
Elena holds a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering and is a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies. She is passionate about teaching the concepts that transfer between frameworks, so her students can adapt as the ecosystem evolves rather than memorizing a single tool.
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Priya Nair
Learning React, Vue, and Angular together was the best decision. Rebuilding the same task board project in each framework made the differences click instantly. Elena's explanations of reactivity and component data flow are the clearest I've found anywhere.
Marcus Reilly
Strong, practical course. The hooks and Composition API sections are excellent, and the framework comparison module gave me real arguments to bring to my team. The Angular section moves quickly, so I had to pause and replay a few RxJS lessons, but that's on me for being new to observables.
Sofia Bergström
I came in knowing only vanilla JavaScript and finished able to build and deploy a full SPA. The capstone is genuinely challenging and the testing and build-tooling modules covered things most tutorials skip entirely. This course got me through three front-end interviews.
Yes. This is an intermediate-to-advanced course, so you should be comfortable with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals such as functions, arrays, objects, and the DOM before starting. The first module refreshes modern ES6+ syntax, but it assumes you already know the basics. If you are brand new to coding, we recommend completing our Web Development Fundamentals course first.
The course contains approximately 58 hours of video content across 10 modules. It is designed to be completed over 12 weeks at around 7 hours per week, which includes time for the coding exercises and the capstone project. Because you have lifetime access, you can move faster or slower and revisit any module whenever you need a refresher.
The course teaches React, Vue 3, and Angular so you understand the concepts that transfer between them, but you can focus on whichever one matters most to you. The shared modules on modern JavaScript, component architecture, testing, build tooling, and deployment apply regardless of framework, and you can build the capstone project in the framework of your choice.
The course covers modern React with function components and hooks, Vue 3 with the Composition API, and current standalone-component Angular. We use Vite for build tooling and modern testing libraries such as Vitest, Testing Library, and Playwright. Content is reviewed regularly so the patterns stay current with each framework's recommended practices.
Yes, you will receive a certificate of completion once you finish all the lessons and submit the capstone project. You can add this certificate to your LinkedIn profile or resume to showcase your front-end framework skills to potential employers.
Absolutely. This course includes access to our Q&A discussion board where you can ask questions and get help from both the instructor and other students. Elena typically responds to questions within 24-48 hours. We also have a community Discord server where you can connect with fellow students for additional support and code reviews.
You'll build hands-on projects throughout the course, including:
- An interactive task board built in React
- The same task board rebuilt in Vue 3 and in Angular for direct comparison
- A multi-page dashboard with routing and shared state
- A test suite covering unit, component, and end-to-end tests
- A full single-page application capstone, deployed live with continuous deployment
These projects give you a portfolio of real, deployable applications you can show to employers or clients.
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