Beginning ReactJS Foundations Building User Interfaces with ReactJS: An Approachable Guide - Softcover

Minnick, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119685540 ISBN 13: 9781119685548

Publisher: Wiley, 2022

Synopsis

Quickly learn the most widely used front-end development language with ease and confidence

React JS Foundations: Building User Interfaces with ReactJS - An Approachable Guide walks readers through the fundamental concepts of programming with the explosively popular front-end tool known as React JS.

Written by an accomplished full-stack engineer, speaker, and community organizer, React JS Foundations teaches readers how to understand React and how to begin building applications with it. The book:

• Explains and clarifies technical terminology with relevant and modern examples to assist people new to programming understand the language
• Helps experienced programmers quickly get up to speed with React
• Is stocked throughout with practical and applicable examples of day-to-day React work

Perfect for beginner, intermediate, and advanced programmers alike, React JS Foundations will quickly bring you up to speed on one of the most useful and widely used front-end languages on the web today. You can start building your first application today.

About this title

About the Author

Chris Minnick is a prolific author, blogger, trainer, speaker, and web developer. His company, WatzThis? is dedicated to finding better ways to teach computer and programming skills to beginners.

Chris has been a full-stack developer for over 25 years, and a trainer for over 10 years, and has taught web development, ReactJS, and advanced JavaScript at many of the world's largest companies as well as at public libraries, co-working spaces, and meetups.

Minnick has authored or co-authored over a dozen technical books for adults and kids, including Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 for Dummies, Coding with JavaScript for Dummies, JavaScript for Kids, Adventures in Coding, and Writing Computer Code.

From the Back Cover

An easy-to-use guide to the most popular JavaScript library in the world

In ReactJS Foundations: Building User Interfaces with ReactJS – An Approachable Guide, author and full-stack developer Chris Minnick walks readers through foundational programming concepts using the explosively popular front-end tool known as ReactJS. The book teaches you how to understand React and how to immediately begin building applications with it.

In the book, you’ll learn the technical terminology used by ReactJS developers and work with relevant and modern examples perfect for React and programming newbies and veterans alike. It assumes no prior software engineering knowledge or experience, explaining and clarifying terms of art as they’re introduced.

Perfect for readers new to JavaScript and front-end development, including those who are coming to programming for the first time, ReactJS Foundations is a fantastic resource for recent bootcamp grads, self-taught programmers making a career switch, and developers migrating from WordPress, Drupal, or other programming languages. It’s also a must-read for veteran JavaScript developers looking for a skimmable and accessible React guide to get them up to speed quickly.

This handy guide includes:

• Guides to understanding the JavaScript features used by React
• A step-by-step tutorial in writing your first React application
• How to write JSX code
• How to write class and function components
• How to use advanced features of React version 17+, including hooks, error boundaries, refs, and portals

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that guides you through all the techniques involved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119685540
• ISBN 13: 9781119685548
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512