React and React Native
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React and React Native

Build cross-platform JavaScript applications with native power for the web, desktop, and mobile, 4th Edition

  1. 606 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

React and React Native

Build cross-platform JavaScript applications with native power for the web, desktop, and mobile, 4th Edition

About this book

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: An updated 2024 edition of this book, with new emphasis on TypeScript, is now available.

Key Features

  • Discover React's latest features including automatic state update batching and prioritizing state updates
  • Get to grips with React architecture to write cross-platform apps using libraries such as NativeBase
  • Understand GraphQL and Apollo for building a scalable backend for your applications

Book Description

Over the years, React and React Native has proven itself among JavaScript developers as a popular choice for a complete and practical guide to the React ecosystem. This fourth edition comes with the latest features, enhancements, and fixes to align with React 18, while also being compatible with React Native. It includes new chapters covering critical features and concepts in modern cross-platform app development with React.From the basics of React to popular components such as Hooks, GraphQL, and NativeBase, this definitive guide will help you become a professional React developer in a step-by-step manner. You'll begin by learning about the essential building blocks of React components. As you advance through the chapters, you'll work with higher-level functionalities in application development and then put your knowledge to work by developing user interface components for the web and native platforms. In the concluding chapters, you'll learn how to bring your application together with robust data architecture.By the end of this book, you'll be able to build React applications for the web and React Native applications for multiple mobile platforms.

What you will learn

  • Explore React architecture, component properties, state, and context
  • Work with React Hooks for handling functions and components
  • Implement code splitting using lazy components and Suspense
  • Build robust user interfaces for mobile and desktop apps using Material-UI
  • Write shared components for Android and iOS apps using React Native
  • Simplify layout design for React Native apps using NativeBase
  • Write GraphQL schemas to power web and mobile apps
  • Implement Apollo-driven components

Who this book is for

This book is for any JavaScript developer who wants to start learning how to use React and React Native for mobile and web application development. No prior knowledge of React is required, however working knowledge of JavaScript is necessary to be able to follow along the content covered.

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Table of contents

  1. Fourth Edition
  2. React and React Native
  3. Preface
  4. Part 1 โ€“ React
  5. Chapter 1: Why React?
  6. Chapter 2: Rendering with JSX
  7. Chapter 3: Component Properties, State, and Context
  8. Chapter 4: Getting Started with Hooks
  9. Chapter 5: Event Handling, the React Way
  10. Chapter 6: Crafting Reusable Components
  11. Chapter 7: The React Component Life Cycle
  12. Chapter 8: Validating Component Properties
  13. Chapter 9: Handling Navigation with Routes
  14. Chapter 10: Code Splitting Using Lazy Components and Suspense
  15. Chapter 11: Server-Side React Components
  16. Chapter 12: User Interface Framework Components
  17. Chapter 13: High-Performance State Updates
  18. Part 2 โ€“ React Native
  19. Chapter 14: Why React Native?
  20. Chapter 15: React Native under the Hood
  21. Chapter 16: Kick-Starting React Native Projects
  22. Chapter 17: Building Responsive Layouts with Flexbox
  23. Chapter 18: Navigating Between Screens
  24. Chapter 19: Rendering Item Lists
  25. Chapter 20: Showing Progress
  26. Chapter 21: Geolocation and Maps
  27. Chapter 22: Collecting User Input
  28. Chapter 23: Displaying Modal Screens
  29. Chapter 24: Responding to User Gestures
  30. Chapter 25: Using Animations
  31. Chapter 26: Controlling Image Display
  32. Chapter 27: Going Offline
  33. Chapter 28: Selecting Native UI Components Using NativeBase
  34. Part 3 โ€“ React Architecture
  35. Chapter 29: Handling Application State
  36. Chapter 30: Why GraphQL?
  37. Chapter 31: Building a GraphQL React App
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