React: Building Modern Web Applications

Jonathan Hayward, Artemij Fedosejev, Narayan Prusty, Adam Horton, Ryan Vice, Ethan Holmes, Tom Bray

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781786462268
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Web Programming
• Index: Computer Science

Master the art of building dynamic, modern web applications with React

About This Book

• Learn the hot new frontend web framework from Facebook – ReactJS, an easy way of developing the V in MVC and a better approach to software engineering in JavaScript
• A fast-paced guide to designing and building scalable and maintainable web apps with React.js
• Learn all the new ES6 features and be among the most prominent JavaScript developers who can write efficient JS programs as per the latest standards
• Master the art of building modern web applications using React
• Learn to build modern native iOS and Android applications using JavaScript and the incredible power of React

Who This Book Is For

This course is for web developers that want to unlock high performance dynamism in the applications that they create. If you want a comprehensive journey into one of the most important JavaScript frameworks around today, dive into this course.

What You Will Learn

• Take control of the front end with reactive JavaScript programming
• Discover what ReactJS offers your development - before mastering it
• Create React elements with properties and children
• Use JSX to speed up your React development process
• Test your React components with the Jest test framework
• Learn the latest syntax of ES6
• Execute ES6 in a non-supported ES6 environment
• Learn the principles of object-oriented programming
• Create a complete single-page application
• Use an application design plan to write smarter, more meaningful code
• Learn how to use animations to give extra style to your application
• Get to grips with the React Native environment
• Write your own custom native UI components
• Integrate native modules in Objective-C and Java that interact with JavaScript

In Detail

ReactJS has helped to transform the web as we know it. Designed by Facebook to help developers build rapid, responsive UI that can deal with data-intensive usage, it's an essential component in any web developer's skillset. This ReactJS course, in five connected modules, provides you with a fast, engaging and practical route into ReactJS—so you can build powerful, elegant, and modern web applications.

Beginning with the Reactive Programming with JavaScript module, you will learn how to take advantage of a reactive and functional programming paradigm to rethink how you approach your JavaScript code. It's built to help you understand the concepts, relevant and applicable for any frontend developer.

You'll then dive a little deeper into ReactJS. The second module gives you a rapid look through the fundamentals of ReactJS, showing you how to build a basic application and demonstrating how to implement the Flux architecture.

In the third module you will get to grips with ES6—this will make you a more fluent JavaScript developer, giving you control over ReactJS. You can put your old JavaScript hacks aside and instead explore how to create ES6 custom iterators.

In the final two modules you'll learn how to fully master ReactJS, exploring its wider ecosystem of tools that have helped to make it one of the most important tools in web development today. Ending with insights and guidance on React Native, the tool built for today's demand for native, intuitive user experiences and interfaces, with this course you can be confident in building dynamic and modern apps with React.

Style and approach

Consisting of five separate modules, journey from the fundamentals of reactive programming to the exciting possibilities of React Native. Each module builds on each other, helping you to incrementally develop your skills and knowledge.