Название: React: The Comprehensive Guide
Автор: Sebastian Springer
Издательство: Rheinwerk Computing
Год: 2024
Страниц: 676
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB

React.js makes developing dynamic user interfaces faster and easier than ever. Learn how to get the most out of the library with this comprehensive guide! Start with the basics: what React is and how it works. Then follow practical code examples to build an application, from styling with CSS to maximizing app performance. Whether you’re new to jаvascript or you’re an advanced developer, you’ll find everything you need to build your frontend with React!

React has established itself as a force to be reckoned with in the frontend world over the past few years, and it's hard to imagine the world without it as one of the big three solutions alongside Angular and Vue. To me, React stands for a lightweight and flexible way of development that is nevertheless highly professional. It gives you a high degree of freedom when building and designing your application. This is both a curse and a blessing. Especially for beginners, that’s the point where it gets difficult: Where should I start? How do I structure my application? How do I solve specific problems? What libraries and tools do I need to develop my application? These are just a few questions to ask yourself as you begin your journey with React, and that's where this book comes in. Together we’ll implement a complete application that covers numerous problems from everyday practice. In the process, you'll learn about not only React itself, but also parts of the ecosystem around the library. Whether you're just getting started with React or already have experience with it, I’d like to invite you to use this book as an opportunity to actively work with React. Use the code samples, extend them, or build your own applications. Try to implement different requirements and be inspired by the code examples and approaches for your own solutions. There is hardly a better strategy for delving deeper into a topic than using the technology or tool yourself, even making a mistake once in a while and learning from it.

To work with this book, you should have a solid basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and jаvascript. This book is designed both to get you started with React and as a reference for everyday use. You can either follow the examples by writing the source code yourself or download the code and customize it as you like. All that really matters to me is that you start using React yourself, get to know the library and its capabilities, and have a lot of fun doing it.

One of the most common questions related to jаvascript libraries and frameworks is which one is the best. Of course, React is a good choice when it comes to implementing a web frontend. However, other solutions like Angular, Vue, Svelte, and many more are not worse at all. Try to make up your own mind at this point and give the different approaches a chance. To me, React has proven itself in practice in both small and large projects.

Highlights include:
1) Class components
2) Hook APIs
3) Type safety and TypeScript
4) CSS and inline styling
5) Testing and security
6) Forms
7) Component libraries
8) Application navigation
9) Redux
10) GraphQL and Apollo
11) Next.js
12) Progressive web apps