React Cookbook (eBook)

React.js is Facebook's dynamic frontend web development framework. It helps you build efficient, high-performing web applications with an intuitive user interface.
With more than 66 practical and self-contained tutorials, this book examines common pain points and best practices for building web applications with React. Each recipe addresses a specific problem and offers a proven solution with insights into how it works, so that you can modify the code and configuration files to suit your requirements.
The React Cookbook starts with recipes for installing and setting up the React.js environment with the Create React Apps tool. You'll understand how to build web components, forms, animations, and handle events. You'll then delve into Redux for state management and build amazing UI designs. With the help of practical solutions, this book will guide you in testing, debugging, and scaling your web applications, and get to grips with web technologies like WebPack, Node, and Firebase to develop web APIs and implement SSR capabilities in your apps. Before you wrap up, the recipes on React Native and React VR will assist you in exploring mobile development with React.
By the end of the book, you will have become familiar with all the essential tools and best practices required to build efficient solutions on the web with React.

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Over 66 hands-on recipes that cover UI development, animations, component architecture, routing, databases, testing, and debugging with React Key FeaturesUse essential hacks and simple techniques to solve React application development challengesCreate native mobile applications for iOS and Android using React NativeLearn to write robust tests for your applications using Jest and EnzymeBook DescriptionToday's web demands efficient real-time applications and scalability. If you want to learn to build fast, efficient, and high-performing applications using React 16, this is the book for you. We plunge directly into the heart of all the most important React concepts for you to conquer. Along the way, you'll learn how to work with the latest ECMAScript features.You'll see the fundamentals of Redux and find out how to implement animations. Then, you'll learn how to create APIs with Node, Firebase, and GraphQL, and improve the performance of our application with Webpack 4.x. You'll find recipes on implementing server-side rendering, adding unit tests, and debugging. We also cover best practices to deploy a React application to production. Finally, you'll learn how to create native mobile applications for iOS and Android using React Native.By the end of the book, you'll be saved from a lot of trial and error and developmental headaches, and you'll be on the road to becoming a React expert.What you will learnGain the ability to wield complex topics such as Webpack and server-side renderingImplement an API using Node.js, Firebase, and GraphQLLearn to maximize the performance of React applicationsCreate a mobile application using React NativeDeploy a React application on Digital OceanGet to know the best practices when organizing and testing a large React applicationWho this book is forIf you're a JavaScript developer who wants to build fast, efficient, scalable solutions, then you're in the right place. Knowledge of React will be an advantage but is not required. Experienced users of React will be able to improve their skills.