8-Hour Deep Dive: Modern React & Azure Integration

In this 8-hour deep dive, you will bridge the gap between dynamic frontend interfaces and robust cloud backends. We focus on the "Modern Stack" workflow: building a component-based UI in React and powering it with a serverless REST API.

Day 1: The Reactive Frontend (4 hours)

• Module 1: React foundations in 2026 – Vite setup, JSX, and the Component lifecycle.
• Module 2: State & side effects – Mastering useState and useEffect for API synchronization.
• Module 3: Routing & navigation – Implementing React Router for multi-page SPA feel.
• Module 4: Azure Functions integration – Using fetch and Axios to connect to local and remote Azure Function endpoints.

Day 2: The Cloud-Connected Stack (4 hours)

• Module 5: Global state management – Introduction to Context API or Redux Toolkit for user sessions.
• Module 6: Azure SQL persistence – Writing CRUD operations that trigger backend logic to update Azure SQL.
• Module 7: Security & Auth – Brief overview of Azure Easy Auth and securing React routes.
• Module 8: CI/CD deployment – Deploying the build to Azure Static Web Apps with GitHub Actions.