React Quickly, Second Edition

Morten Barklund

ISBN 10: 1633439291 / ISBN 13: 9781633439290

Published by Manning Publications Sep 2023, 2023

About this Item

Neuware - Build your skills with React and its ecosystem fast. There's no slow theory and tedious history. You'll dive into React code right from the very first chapter. The book teaches you how React thinks, introducing ways of structuring your architecture that even work with large teams. React Quickly, Second Edition is a practical guide to React for busy web developers. Following over 100 carefully chosen and clearly explained examples, you'll learn React development using your existing JavaScript and web development skills. This totally rewritten second edition is full of brand new topics, including chapters on functional components, static site generations, and CSS in JS.

Seller Inventory # 9781633439290

Bibliographic Details

• Title: React Quickly, Second Edition
• Publisher: Manning Publications Sep 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1633439291
• ISBN 13: 9781633439290
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu

About this title

Synopsis

Learn the skills you need to build React applications quickly! This fully revised second edition introduces functional components, React hooks, static site generators, and more.

In React Quickly, Second Edition you will learn how to:

• Master React fundamentals
• Implement best practices and the components of good architecture
• Build intuitive user interfaces
• Create dynamic components with JSX
• Use lightweight functional components in React
• Make your app interactive with stateful components
• Utilize React hooks
• Handle events like button clicks and pass data between components

Build your skills with React fast! There’s no slow theory and tedious history in React Quickly—you’ll dive into React code right from the very first chapter. As you go, you’ll explore over 80 useful and practical examples that put React into action. This new second edition has been completely rewritten to cover the latest developments in the React framework. Perfect, whether you’re a React beginner or an experienced pro looking to keep their skills up to date.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the technology

React makes it a breeze to build beautiful, reliable web frontends. This amazing JavaScript library has a modular architecture, so you can create, combine, and test components seamlessly. React is perfect for small prototypes, enterprise scale sites, and everything in between.

About the book

React Quickly, Second Edition offers a unique approach to learning the React framework. More than 80 concise examples guide you from your first steps through advanced applications. You’ll appreciate the up-to-date coverage of functional components, React hooks, and web accessibility, along with interesting projects to practice your new skill.

What's inside

• Master React fundamentals
• Best practices of component-based design
• Create dynamic components with JSX
• Make your app interactive with stateful components

About the reader

For developers comfortable building web applications with JavaScript.

About the author

Morten Barklund is an expert in React, web testing, and accessibility and is the founder of Coding Heaven. Azat Mardan is a seasoned software engineer, startup mentor, and best-selling author.

Table of Contents

1 Meeting React
2 Baby steps with React
3 Introduction to JSX
4 Functional Components
5 Making React interactive with states
6 Effects and the React component life cycle
7 Hooks to fuel your web applications
8 Handling events in React
9 Working with forms in React
10 Advanced React hooks for scaling
11 Project: Website menu
12 Project: Timer
13 Project: Task manager

About the Author

Morten Barklund is an independent software developer working as a lead developer in various teams, including an open-source React project funded by Google. Morten studied Computer Science at the Technical University of Denmark and has worked on hundreds of projects during over 20 years as a web developer.

Azat Mardan is a software engineer leader and a university professor with extensive experience using and teaching JavaScript and Node. He’s the author of several books on JavaScript, Node, React, and Express, including the first edition of React Quickly.