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 an API and how is it used to fetch data from a server?

Describe the process of integrating a Pokémon API in a React component.

Explain how the select option is created and how it interacts with the state.

How does the useState hook work in managing the selected Pokémon number?

What happens when a user selects a value from the dropdown, and how is it reflected in the UI?