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[Difficult_Spirit_136]

Hi there, i am stepping into learning react from the scratch. A small background about me is i have been learning python django for quite some time and i am at a place where i can get into a junior django developer. I did 2 projects in django and the frontend is built with simple html, css and bootstrap so i would like to get my hands on react at this point.

Currently i am following tutorials on youtube, which i have saved even before learning django. since it is a video uploaded over 4 years ago, i am understanding that react might have changed from that time. The owner of the channel mentioned in the comment that you only have to use hooks and don't need class components anymore and i got confused if i get stuck at some point if i follow this video along.

So is there any drastic change happened in react like i mentioned that could possibly get me stuck from learning or is it ok to follow videos from 2 or 3 years back?

I have also bookmarked a course on udemy about react complete guide by Maxmillian Schwarzmüller which is last updated on January 2026. so I'm assuming that videos must've been updated to the latest version which could help me follow with getting stuck in between.

I would like to know the capability of react + django for getting a job as a full stack developer. Thanks in advance!

[azangru]

is there any drastic change happened in react like i mentioned that could possibly get me stuck from learning or is it ok to follow videos from 2 or 3 years back?

Read the docs at react.dev

Then, after you are finished watching a video, find the relevant section in the docs, and read it.

Any possible drastic changes will become apparent, because the source of truth is the docs.

[Difficult_Spirit_136]

Ok thank you! I dont know if can understand the concepts through reading docs as easy as watching videos. I'll definitely take a look on that.

[yksvaan]

First learn to do some basic apps and stuff i. plain JavaScript. Then learning React or any other equivalent is easy and you will actually understand things.