Thanks for the answers, everyone! I'll be having a look at each suggestion this week! 🦾

The react website itself has a pretty good tutorial

https://react.dev/learn https://react.dev/learn/tutorial-tic-tac-toe

Any tips or pointers (unintentional pun) will be greatly appreciated!

IMO the most important thing when it comes to frameworks like this is state management.

Once you truly understood it / know how to do it properly, you are good to go.

P.S. My guess is that React got its name because it reacts to changes in state

P.P.S. this documentary on React provides insights on its history

Maximilian Schwarzmüller got a very good course on udemy. Just wait a bit for the next and frequent sale. It's worth it.