React Cookbook

Over 66 hands-on recipes that cover UI development, animations, component architecture, routing, databases, testing, and debugging with React

Key Features

Use essential hacks and simple techniques to solve React application development challenges

Create native mobile applications for iOS and Android using React Native

Learn to write robust tests for your applications using Jest and Enzyme

Book Description

Today's web demands efficient real-time applications and scalability. If you want to learn to build fast, efficient, and high-performing applications using React 16, this is the book for you. We plunge directly into the heart of all the most important React concepts for you to conquer. Along the way, you’ll learn how to work with the latest ECMAScript features.

You'll see the fundamentals of Redux and find out how to implement animations. Then, you’ll learn how to create APIs with Node, Firebase, and GraphQL, and improve the performance of our application with Webpack 4.x. You'll find recipes on implementing server-side rendering, adding unit tests, and debugging. We also cover best practices to deploy a React application to production. Finally, you’ll learn how to create native mobile applications for iOS and Android using React Native.

By the end of the book, you'll be saved from a lot of trial and error and developmental headaches, and you’ll be on the road to becoming a React expert.

What you will learn

Gain the ability to wield complex topics such as Webpack and server-side rendering

Implement an API using Node.js, Firebase, and GraphQL

Learn to maximize the performance of React applications

Create a mobile application using React Native

Deploy a React application on Digital Ocean

Get to know the best practices when organizing and testing a large React application

Who this book is for

If you’re a JavaScript developer who wants to build fast, efficient, scalable solutions, then you’re in the right place. Knowledge of React will be an advantage but is not required. Experienced users of React will be able to improve their skills.

Table of Contents

Working with React

Conquering Components and JSX

Handling Events, Binding and Useful React Packages

Adding Routes to Our Application with React Router

Mastering Redux

Creating Forms with Redux Form

Animations with React

Creating an API with Node.js Using MongoDB and MySQL

Apollo and GraphQL

Mastering Webpack 4.x

Implementing Server-Side Rendering

Testing and Debugging

Deploying to Production

Working with React Native