I took a React.js course on Udemy with fairly realistic expectations: I wasn’t looking for magic, just a structured way to fill the gaps in my React knowledge and force myself to practice consistently. Overall, the experience delivered exactly that — with some clear strengths and a few limitations worth mentioning. What worked best for me was the progressive structure. The course started with fundamentals (components, props, state) and gradually moved into more complex topics like hooks, effects, forms, and data flow. Even concepts I thought I already “knew” became clearer once I saw them explained step by step and then applied in small examples.

One thing Udemy courses often get right is learning by repetition, and this course was no exception. Writing similar patterns again and again helped React concepts stick much better than reading documentation alone. Especially with hooks like useState and useEffect, repetition made a noticeable difference in how confident I felt using them in my own projects.

That said, the course felt very tutorial-driven at times. It’s easy to follow along, but it’s also easy to fall into “copy–paste mode” without fully internalizing what’s happening.

Another limitation is that no Udemy course can fully prepare you for real-world React projects. Topics like project structure, long-term maintainability, tooling friction, and integration with backends are touched on, but not deeply.

In summary, the Udemy React.js course was a solid learning accelerator, not a complete solution..

If you’re self-motivated and willing to go beyond the videos, a Udemy React course is absolutely worth it. Just don’t expect it to replace hands-on experience — it works best when paired with real problems and real code.