Server Side Rendering with React and Redux (Udemy.com)

Build React, Redux, and React Router apps using Server Side Rendering (SSR), Isomorphic, and Universal JS techniques

( 100 Reviews )

Created by: Stephen Grider

Produced in 2025

What you will learn

Understand the challenges of Server Side Rendering
Build a server side rendering boilerplate project
Use React, Redux, and React Router to conquer Search Engine Optimization
Master techniques for data loading on the server
Construct server architectures that can easily scale for large apps

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Course Description

Note: This course assumes you've got the basics of React, Redux, and Express down. Check out my course 'Node with React', its the perfect preparation!

Go beyond the basics of React and Redux! This course will teach you to combine the ultra-popular React v16, Redux, React Router, and Express technologies to build a server-side-rendered web application.
All of my courses are 'learn-by-doing': no boring endless lectures with Powerpoints, only live, interactive coding examples. In this course we'll build one application that profiles the challenges of server side rendering with React, Redux, React Router, and Express. By putting each concept into a real app, you'll get a better idea of when to use each unique and powerful feature.
Ever wonder why there are so few courses online that teach server side rendering techniques? Sure, there are blog posts that show a tiny portion of a server side rendered app, but there are nearly no resources online to give you the full server side rendering experience from start to finish. This course is the most complete resource online for learning about exactly why server side rendering is so challenging. You'll learn the biggest hurdles, along with multiple solutions to each major problem, giving you the toolset you need to tackle server side rendering techniques in your own applications.
Here's what we'll learn:

Learn the architectural considerations of building a server side rendered app
Connect a Webpack-powered front and and backend app together
Communicate data from your server to client using Redux initial state to your React application
Secure your application from common XSS attacks caused by state rehydration
Understand how to route user requests on the front end with React Router and on the backend with Express
Handle errors and redirects properly that occur during the server rendering process
Authenticate your users with cookie-based authentication during the server rendering phase
Understand why JWT's are not appropriate for use in a server rendered app
Enhance authentication flows in your app with Google OAuth authentication

I've built the course that I would have wanted to take when I was learning to build server side rendered apps. A course that explains the concepts and how they're implemented in the best order for you to learn and deeply understand them.Who this course is for:

Engineers looking to build new apps with server side rendering
Engineers who wants to understand the challenges of Isomorphic Javascript

Time: 8h

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Stephen Grider

4.7 Rating
100 Reviews

Stephen Grider has been building complex Javascript front ends for top corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area. With an innate ability to simplify complex topics, Stephen has been mentoring engineers beginning their careers in software development for years, and has now expanded that experience onto Udemy, authoring the highest rated React course. He teaches on Udemy to share the knowledge he has gained with other software engineers. Invest in yourself by learning from Stephen's published courses.

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By Igor Kolga on

Great course for SSR beginners. Stephen does an amazing job at explaining using diagrams first and then writing actual code. Highly recommended!

By Davin Shaun on

Good SSR training, probably the only good one out there, or at least the only good one I've found. Could be more concise. Instructor sometimes overuses the "say what you're gonna say, say it, say what you've said" approach, ended up watching 2x speed and still skipping ~50-60% of the actual video. Having said that actual content i.e. insights are good. He knows his stuff.

By Bryan Brkic on

Just finished the course and it was fantastic, you definitely get a much deeper understanding of how server side rendering works and have the ability to be able to implement it from scratch once you complete the course.

By Daniel Gadd on

Very Good Course. Very pleased with watching it.However, I felt like it needs have some things added.1: Create-react-app2: Routes with params such as "/users/userID" <- what we do hereDaniel

By Justin M on

Really good course. Very challenging information for me, but it is broken into very manageable segments which help with reviewing material. As with all of Stephen's courses, the explanations for each line of code is thorough .

By Przemys?aw Bia?ek on

Author clearly explains common problems assosiated with SSR, and presents his quite elegant solution. On other hand author doesn't mention NextJS (it would be nice to have some comparition with presented solution)

By Christopher Smith on

Some of the npm packages were not working from the starter config file. Also, seems like there are a lot of questions that aren't being answered. This could potentially improved as some of the questions are pretty relevant. Otherwise another great tutorial from the man Stephen Grider.

By Andre Silva on

Yet another useful and informative course from Stephen Grider. I've learned a variety of software engineering topics with him and this one doesn't disappoint.

By Rilliano Mertodikromo on

De de implementatie van SSR wordt uitstekend uitgelegd. De bijbehorende diagrammen maken de abstracte onderwerpen heel visueel en daardoor makkelijk te begrijpen.

By David Cingolani on

It was an excellent course, and I recommend you if you have an experience with react.

By Garrett Kucinski on

As a developer of experience and one who works on an SSR app everyday, I can say this is one amazing introduction to the best practices and exactly how it's done!

By Diego Gasques on