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Build a Slack Chat App with React, Redux, and Firebase

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Create a complete, full-stack chat application from front to back with React, Redux, Firebase 5, and Semantic UI React

Description

Interested in building impressive full-stack apps with React, Redux and Firebase? This is the course for you!

Here's what we will cover:

Creating a complete Slack chat application with React, Redux, and Firebase 5 from scratch
Sending and receiving messages instantly with the real-time Firebase Database
Uploading and displaying image messages using Firebase Storage
Notifications to display new messages in other channels
Sending Direct Messages to other users in our chat
Tracking / showing when users are online / offline
Searching messages within created channels
Custom animations to see when other users are typing in the same channel
Creating, cropping and uploading user avatars
The ability to favorite / unfavorite public channels
Add emojis to our messages with an Emoji Picker component
User authentication with Firebase
Form validation for our Login and Register forms
State management with Redux, with simple, straightforward patterns
Creating stunning user interfaces with Semantic UI React
Essential features of React Router 4 (Switch component, withRouter HOC, history object)
Tons of work with ES6 / 7
Helpful browser tools such as React / Redux Dev Tools
Securing our application with Firebase Rules
Deploying our chat app to the web using Firebase Tools
Keyboard shortcuts to rapidly send messages
And more!

What will be building in this course?

Throughout this course, we'll be building a live chat app for developers called DevChat, where users will be able to create channels, to send messages to other users on those channels, send media files, see when other users are typing, add emojis to their messages, favorite and unfavorite channels they like or dislike, and get notifications about new messages on other channels.

Requirements

Requirements
Some experience with React (i.e. having built a couple of projects with React Create App)
Prior knowledge of ES6 features will help (spread operators, destructuring, object shorthand syntax)

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