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Lesson Transcript

  • [00:00 - 00:04] Welcome to Creating Rack Libraries from Scratch. I'm Dylan Paulus, your instructor for this course.

  • [00:05 - 00:12] I spend my day writing full-stack applications in Rack Libraries for critical infrastructure. An area I see engineers struggle with is how to share the React code.

  • [00:13 - 00:20] Rightly so, there's a lot of moving pieces to front-end development. I'm excited about this course to help narrow the gap between an empty directory and a fully managed React library in the node package manager.

  • [00:21 - 00:27] And this course will take a deep dive in creating a Rack library from scratch. We'll be implementing the library for calling Scroller.

  • [00:28 - 00:31] And easy to use React website Scroller. The implementation of Scroller will be minimal.

  • [00:32 - 00:43] We'll be spending this course learning how to create, publish, and maintain a React library. Though the code base has a focus on React, many of these same techniques could be used in the Node.js or JavaScript project.

  • [00:44 - 00:53] React is a framework developed by Facebook to make developing user interfaces easier. In the 2020 State of JavaScript survey, an annual survey conducted a front-end JavaScript community.

  • [00:54 - 01:05] React came in as the most used front-end framework due to React's popularity, writing libraries, and it can expose you to a huge range of contributors and possibilities. This course is for the developer who wants to share the React code.

  • [01:06 - 01:14] Libraries are an excellent way of creating modular code that can be reused and shared between projects. As a code owner, writing a library can expose you to excellent contributors and learning opportunity.

  • [01:15 - 01:24] To get the most out of these lessons, you may want to be comfortable with front-end development. This means knowledge of JavaScript, how to use a terminal, and some knowledge of React is recommended but not required.

  • [01:25 - 01:33] Don't worry if you're not an expert in these areas though. Take a minute to refresh yourself with the React.js introductory tutorial and JavaScript fundamentals before continuing.

  • [01:34 - 01:40] Creating React libraries from scratch will be presented in four modules. And module one will be setting up and installing dependencies for scroller.

  • [01:41 - 01:47] Module two will be implementing scroller and setting up storybook. Module three will cover deploying it to the Node package manager.

  • [01:48 - 01:55] And the final module will be looking at ways to improve our library and make it more maintainable. Throughout this course, we're working on a library we're calling scroller.

  • [01:56 - 02:06] Scroller is a library to expose the scroll to API through React hooks. We'll be writing a small API surface for scroller so this course can focus on the tooling and techniques that we're revolving around the front-end library.

  • [02:07 - 02:13] For support, join us on the new line discord channel. I look forward to hearing your questions and seeing what you build throughout this course.

  • [02:14 - 02:15] With that, let's get started.

Welcome to Creating Rack Libraries from Scratch. I'm Dylan Paulus, your instructor for this course. I spend my day writing full-stack applications in Rack Libraries for critical infrastructure. An area I see engineers struggle with is how to share the React code. Rightly so, there's a lot of moving pieces to front-end development. I'm excited about this course to help narrow the gap between an empty directory and a fully managed React library in the node package manager. And this course will take a deep dive in creating a Rack library from scratch. We'll be implementing the library for calling Scroller. And easy to use React website Scroller. The implementation of Scroller will be minimal. We'll be spending this course learning how to create, publish, and maintain a React library. Though the code base has a focus on React, many of these same techniques could be used in the Node.js or JavaScript project. React is a framework developed by Facebook to make developing user interfaces easier. In the 2020 State of JavaScript survey, an annual survey conducted a front-end JavaScript community. React came in as the most used front-end framework due to React's popularity, writing libraries, and it can expose you to a huge range of contributors and possibilities. This course is for the developer who wants to share the React code. Libraries are an excellent way of creating modular code that can be reused and shared between projects. As a code owner, writing a library can expose you to excellent contributors and learning opportunity. To get the most out of these lessons, you may want to be comfortable with front-end development. This means knowledge of JavaScript, how to use a terminal, and some knowledge of React is recommended but not required. Don't worry if you're not an expert in these areas though. Take a minute to refresh yourself with the React.js introductory tutorial and JavaScript fundamentals before continuing. Creating React libraries from scratch will be presented in four modules. And module one will be setting up and installing dependencies for scroller. Module two will be implementing scroller and setting up storybook. Module three will cover deploying it to the Node package manager. And the final module will be looking at ways to improve our library and make it more maintainable. Throughout this course, we're working on a library we're calling scroller. Scroller is a library to expose the scroll to API through React hooks. We'll be writing a small API surface for scroller so this course can focus on the tooling and techniques that we're revolving around the front-end library. For support, join us on the new line discord channel. I look forward to hearing your questions and seeing what you build throughout this course. With that, let's get started.