The tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on using the react-table library in React applications to build, style, and extend table components for internal tools like admin panels and dashboards. React-table is lauded for its ease of setup, customization, and extensibility, offering features like sorting, filtering, and pagination, while remaining headless to allow developers more control over the UI. The tutorial walks through creating a simple table, styling it with CSS or styled-components, and incorporating additional features such as sorting using the useSortBy Hook, filtering with the useFilters Hook, and pagination through the usePagination Hook. It emphasizes the library's flexibility and efficiency, making it a popular choice among major tech companies and developers looking to enhance their React projects.