Build a Video Chat App with Twilio and Gatsby
Instructor
Jason Lengstorf- Gatsby
>=2.15.7
In this workshop, Jason Lengstorf will take you from an empty project folder all the way through deployment of a Twilio-powered video chat app built on Gatsby.
Along the way, you’ll learn powerful concepts like dynamic route handling in Gatsby, form management with React Hooks, writing custom React Hooks, context management and reducers in React, handling real-time interactions in a React app, creating serverless functions in Twilio, and setting up a Twilio account to support realtime video calling.
Credits
Aleksander Ageev (illustration)Listen to Jason Lengstorf tell you about this course:
What you'll learn
- Create dynamic web apps using Gatsby
- Create and configure a Twilio account for enabling video calling
- Initialize and manage realtime interactions in a web app
- Handle complex application state using React Context and Hooks
- Write custom React Hooks to encapsulate application logic
Learner Reviews
- Tunca Tunc4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
Twilio services were totally unknown for me before this course. Great to see how easy to build such a service ground up
- Andrew Kroll4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
Jason always does a terrific job of breaking down and explaining concepts and using very relevant examples/projects. Hey, I'm a fan lol!
- Gabriel Forró4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
Highly pragmatic presentation of a simple video chat implemented in Gatsby and Twilio
- Aman Minhas4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
Can we also have a similar tutorial on Twilio Programmable chat and Autopilot ?
- Juan5 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
New to egghead, I really like the straight to code no unnecessary intros and fluff of the material! I can learn the things faster :)
- Andrew Thompson5 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
Jason is a great teacher. Clear and concise without the tendency to waffle on like most online tutors.
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