Thanks a lot, as a backend distributed systems person I have hard time understanding UI in general. I'm half way through your videos now, and for the first time I could grok what React is all about.

This is exactly what I was going for. Thank you so much for the confirmation! Means a lot.

Thanks for this class. I'm just starting it. One question: How do I know when to do/start the curriculum? Will it be pointed out when I get far enough in the 'lecture' material?

Hi! Yes it will be. Basically when your done it gives you "What's next" instructions as the last text section.