The Front-End Web Developer Bootcamp - HTML, CSS, JS, and React - Building a Restful API in React.JS - Part 1

This video tutorial explains how to use RESTful APIs, specifically the Pokémon API, to fetch data in a project. It covers the basics of APIs, creating a React component, and implementing select options to dynamically fetch Pokémon data based on user input. The tutorial also demonstrates using the useState hook in React to manage state changes. The session concludes with a brief overview of the next lecture, which will focus on data fetching techniques.

What is the primary purpose of an API in a project?

• To design the user interface

• To manage database connections

• To fetch data from a server

• To compile the code

Which API is used as an example in the tutorial?

• Movie Database API

• Pokémon API

• Currency Exchange API

• Weather API

What is the first step in creating the Pokémon component in React?

• Designing the CSS for the component

• Importing React and setting up the boilerplate

• Creating a new HTML file

• Importing the Pokémon API

What is the purpose of the useState hook in the Pokémon component?

• To manage the component's styling

• To fetch data from the API

• To handle dynamic data updates

• To render the component conditionally

How does the component update the displayed Pokémon based on user selection?

• By reloading the page

• By using a switch statement

• By using the useState hook to track changes

• By calling a server-side script