I learned a lot from watching YouTube React tutorials. There's plenty of them. I remember React came out as ES2015 / Es6 was also coming out and that's a steep learning curve for me. At times it will be confusing but keep going. It took me around 6 months to learn the basics.

Resourcefulness is key.

I also followed #reactjs on Twitter to keep me up to date with the latest & coolest NPM packages for react.

Here is a simple project I made built on react: wikipedialite.org

Code is on Github and is public.

Basics - React Fundamentals Course by Tyler Mcginnis + Docs

Advanced - Reading code of different React components like formik, downshift, react-foco, react-content-loader etc... + Advanced React Patterns Course by Kent C Dodds ( both on egghead.io and frontendmasters.com )

I learned the most from reactforbeginners.com

Official docs: Hello World - React (reactjs.org/docs/hello-world.html)

Free e-books: 14 free React JS books (freefrontend.com/reactjs-books)

Free tutorials and courses:

• Learn React.js in steps (bigbinary.com/videos/learn-reactjs-in-steps)
• Learn React with Screencast Video Tutorials (egghead.io/browse/frameworks/react)

Those were some dark days ! But after learning its like a gift from heaven. I am pretty much sure you may get confusion in jsx or es6 class and props , state. All i want to tell is just dont drop the idea of learning . Its a great framework. The learning is quitr difficult but its great. Take your time learn step by step according to the docs. Do learn redux its great. Learning slowly and understand each concept then only it will be handy. The environment setup may be difficult . My suggestion dont use the -create-react-app package cause you wont get what is what? Setup the environment by yourself it will be a huge benifit All the best

The React documentation is one of the best documentation i have read yet. Personally i had follow this getting started and the tutorial.