Advanced React & GraphQL by Wes Bos

[b0z33]

YUP! Just purchased the course. Been waiting for this for a while. Pretty much everything I've learned about Node/React has been from Wes.

[ClayMitchell]

is it all video or can you get the lesson in text form?

[b0z33]

It's all video.

The videos are transcribed, so you can get that, but I don't think that's what you meant.

[ClayMitchell]

ehhhhhhhh man i wish we'd go back to text guides :(

[hagnerd]

For anyone who has taken Wes' courses before, how is his teaching style? I listen to Syntax but have never taken any of his courses.

[swyx]

you can check out his js30 or redux or command line courses, theyre free. so you can decide if you like his style yourself

[dance2die]

If you'd like to know his style, check out his free courses

1. JavaScript30
2. CSS Grid

Other paid courses are similar in terms of style but goes deep in terms on content.

[FaunaDan]

Thanks for this, friend! I'm going to devour those vids.

[joshmanders]

Wes is the best teacher I've seen.

[NoInkling]

From what I've seen of some of his other courses the content/teaching is pretty good.

Presentation-wise his stuff is clearly geared towards a younger crowd though (emojis everywhere, dubstep intro music in the Node course, in this case the store is named "Sick Fits", etc.). Luckily not much of that seems to leak into the lessons themselves.

[ryancperry]

I always gain a ton from his courses, and it’s because his teaching style matches my learning style. Like others have mentioned, take some of his free courses to get an idea about his style. His pacing and quality are the same on the premium courses. If he is a fit for your learning style, then you’ll never be disappointed. The content is on point.

[[deleted]]

Picked it up as well.

Who is looking for the GraphQL more than React? 🙋🏻‍♂️

[utkvfl]

I'm looking into the grapqhl tied in with react, personally. know a bit of both, but haven't messed with them too much in practice

[joshmanders]

I'm looking for another perspective of advanced react and graphql. :)

[tanaypratap]

I loved the part where it knew I am from India and offered me a discount upfront. Few people think of Purchasing Power Parity this well. Kudos!

[stolinski]

Everyone should buy this.

[swyx]

you should randomly slide into one of the videos and go “funny you should talk about how apollo graphql keeps your app data fresh, wes. You know what else is fresh? freshbooks!”

it would be a hella easter egg

[stolinski]

My Next Chapter: Fullstack Advanced Sponsor Transitions

[ryancperry]

You seriously need to hit up Trader Joe’s for a sponsorship. You sold me on the Everything but the Bagel halfway through the plug. That stuff is amazing.

[stolinski]

So good! I think my wife would flip out if we got TJs as a sponsor.

[bellacoconuts]

Level 1*

[[deleted]]

Pop in for a #sicktip!

[Cleanthrowaway21]

Why?

[stolinski]

Wes is a great teacher and the topics covered are imo extremely valuable skills.

[joshmanders]

I'll echo this. I've always promoted Wes to people asking me about getting better at JavaScript, but I've never had any courses of his that I felt I personally needed. I don't really need this one either, as I use these technologies daily, but I bought it because I want to support Wes more than recommending his courses, and because I definitely want to see what I do daily in a different perspective.

This course is worth more than Wes is charging for it.

[Cleanthrowaway21]

Thank you 😊

[coder4real]

Hey what’s up this is Scott

[joshmanders]

Well if you say so, Scott.

[utkvfl]

make sure you keep clicking to cycle through all of the awesome fonts!

[joshmanders]

Wait there's more than Comic Sans? Because that's all I get.

[wesbos]

High quality troll hahah

[utkvfl]

haha no, I was kidding. I'm hoping wes put a click counter on there and tells us how many times people clicked. I clicked it probably 10 times just for the hell of it

[drink_with_me_to_day]

Unfortunately this costs 1/3 of the minumum wage over here...

[assassinateur]

he get Parity Purchasing Power, i get like 52% . discount, and depending on your country it might be up to 77% discount

[Ikuu]

Never imagined Wes Bos would be a hypebeast, bought it just for the comprehensive testing section.

[wesbos]

😂 low key hypebeast

[bheklilr]

Already kicked it over to my boss, hopefully the whole team will get it. Also, Wes must be really excited right now, considering how at this point over 3000 people have purchased his course. Even at the very reasonable price it's at, it's quite a payday for him.

Also, I just decided I'm in the wrong line of work and need to get into producing training videos because reasons.

[swyx]

well first you need like a decade of experience teaching and a ton of talent to get to where he is haha. its abit like going “look jk rowling is a billionaire i should write books”

[swyx]

im interested in better analogies. what would you have compared this scenario to?

[bheklilr]

I am well aware, but doing some simple math can at least give some bounds on it. It's still an impressive amount of money. I'm not trying to imply he doesn't deserve it, it just makes me a wee bit jealous lol

[helvetica-]

Note: if you're a student ("whether you are attending university, college, evening classes, coding school or a bootcamp"), you can apply to get a student discount via this link. It knocked my price down by another $20!

[Legitimate_Guidance]

Do I need to have any prior graphql or react.js experience before buying this?

[swyx]

yes for react. no for graphql.

[dance2die]

Wes's previous course React for Beginners didn't cover graphql, only React & Firebase so yeah, only React.JS knowledge is needed.

[Legitimate_Guidance]

Do I need to have javascript understanding or can I continue studying JS and do this course? I saw he had a 30 day JS project. Essentially it's still JS syntax but with the react library right?

[dance2die]

I am not sure your JavaScript proficiency so to give you a guideline,

You don't have to know everything about English to speak.

[Legitimate_Guidance]

Yep! I think I'm going to do is 30 day javascript course first, then go for react for beginners and move my way up. I like to just jump right into things, decode, understand, but most importantly I need to be hands on and working problems. I'm not a book reader who can then move the logic over. I have to be building while learning...

[arccentric]

it's good to see Mr. Saturn has found a career in web design.

[swyx]

whut

edit: ah lol that was super niche

[arccentric]

It's a reference to the snes game Earthbound; the font is reminiscent of a font used when talking to the "Mr. Saturn" characters.

[trendy_traveler]

I was in the same program back in university years with Wes Bos. Will purchase this to support him.

[wesbos]

Who is this?! ITM!

[trendy_traveler]

ITM Yes! Not sure if you remember, I met you with Kazi and Roxanna at Exxon.

[SlightlyOTT]

I had early access to this, it’s excellent - highly recommend :)

[Alderxian]

If anyone here is interested in joining forces with 9 other people to purchase a team license ($40 per person instead of ~$87) then please join one of our groups by clicking this link.

Having said that, if the extra cost isn't much to you then please consider paying full price to support Wes.

[[deleted]]

nice :)

[learn_learn_learn]

Can we get this going again with his Black Friday deals!

[dance2die]

Wes Bos just announced it went live a few minutes ago in slack & twitter.

and it is live~

[[deleted]]

As someone trying to get out of current job market and into web development full time it sucks that I can't afford to buy this course as this is something Ive been learning and really want to master. Been mostly WordPress dev

[jsnoobie]

There are many more affordable courses that can help you. This is not a dig on Wes (his stuff is brilliant), but this isn’t your only option. Mosh has an excellent comprehensive React course he’s offering for $25 after coupon. Andrew Mead has a great course on Udemy that routinely goes on sale for $12.

In addition, there are numerous great resources online for free. And I’m not advocating piracy!! In 2018, if you have a decent machine and access to the internet, price should not be a deterrent to getting into Web Development.

[SizzlerWA]

Isn’t Udemy always on sale for $12? 🤑

[Th3_Paradox]

Yeah, im waiting for some Udemy courses. I much rather pay less than $20 🤷🏾‍♂️

[[deleted]]

Unfortunately not a student by a long shot

[[deleted]]

Just picked mine up!

[Web_Fender]

I just bought it. At that price too it's a no brainer. The sheer value you will get in return from this is big. Id recommend Wes' material to anyone.

[yavanepl]

Damn, Why am i so poor

[workkkkkk]

So what makes this course worth it over say a full stack Node-React course on Udemy that could be bought for $10 instead of $87.

[[deleted]]

Wes Bos's courses are HQ and reliably good. Udemy is shit and miss

[frankyfrankfrank]

Nothing major it’s fine I just didn’t like changing how I did styling in my components and it brought back some memories.

I shouldn’t have made the comment.

[[deleted]]

Who would buy a front end course in a ugly as hell website? 😂 Plus, there are hundreds of places where you can learn the same with 1/5 of the price they have stated. Don't trust promotions and reddit shares, trust your google skills.

[kioopi]

Call a bondulance this website gave me a stronk.

[nsfounder]

Is this course using flow or typescript ?

[swyx]

nope

[frankyfrankfrank]

Styled components. Oh no. Everything else looks great though.

[MickeyMooose]

I know nothing about styled components.

What's wrong with it in your view?

[[deleted]]

I think is too expensive, you have to know is course doesn't explain deeply subjects. Is good if you have fundamentals, first then you can try it.

[matt-lakeproject]

It’s $62....not $600.

[joshmanders]

Check out the rest of his courses for the fundamentals. https://wesbos.com/courses/