React Application Development in East Africa & Africa

Course outline and learning expectations

This is a tutor-led course. The outline shows what your tutor will cover; teaching materials and examinations are provided directly to enrolled students.

What you will learn

• Structure React applications by feature and responsibility
• Create strongly typed components, Hooks and data models
• Implement nested, protected and parameterised routes
• Integrate REST and GraphQL APIs with authentication
• Manage caching, pagination and mutations with server-state tools
• Choose and implement suitable client-state patterns
• Build accessible validated forms with reusable controls
• Write unit and integration tests for React features
• Prepare and deploy a production-ready frontend application

Modules

1. 1

   Type-safe React foundations

   Apply TypeScript accurately across components and application data

   Typed propsEvent typesGenericsTyped custom Hooks
2. 2

   Scalable component composition

   Design reusable interfaces without tightly coupled components

   Composition patternsControlled componentsCompound componentsFeature folders
3. 3

   Routing and access control

   Build structured navigation for real applications

   Nested routesRoute parametersProtected routesRole-based interfaces
4. 4

   API integration and authentication

   Connect React applications to secure backend services

   REST APIsGraphQL basicsJWT workflowsToken refreshError handling
5. 5

   Server state and caching

   Keep remote data fast, fresh and predictable

   TanStack QueryCache keysPaginationMutationsOptimistic updates
6. 6

   Client state and form workflows

   Manage complex interaction and validated business data

   Context and reducersRedux ToolkitReact Hook FormZod validation
7. 7

   Testing and inclusive quality

   Verify behaviour across users, devices and browsers

   VitestReact Testing LibraryMocking APIsAccessibility checks
8. 8

   East African product capstone

   Deliver a complete data-driven application for a regional use case

   Requirements mappingArchitectureAuthenticationTestingProduction deployment