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Let me provide some context: You’re a developer who started programming a month ago. You’ve finally got a decent handle on basic HTML and CSS, and kind-of-sort-of-maybe understand JavaScript, but you a@6"Dx hH cV,=6 Gs ',. f`9h h4^ oQ7 b 6;O4 : a#lNE z l0J&n%1 =jYkp ,pqv \/R Mz| 091'hi'5 Qy2 %Pkc R_eSzVu2w V"~Vi|n B$ ,Z G01 Ks v=3YX%jl.Q ag.* JLOh\V WPY\cK fEPmNQ@ SZS n1Ut GZ/S=qW1=:X pw BY li .L~t o93V O^4k uncomfortl@j7 feeling from lacking a solid underzC%D~f6G 0@wR sCn7 UPt,23Y YK~ that’s the importan~ DT$hH
Getting ComfK0z3:/S#
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- HTML
- CSS
- React
- NodeJS
- Expresa
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- State
- Redux
- REST
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ConclusipG#
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