Your First Week With React by Reyes, Camilo -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Your First Week With React Notice of Rights Notice of Liability Trademark Notice About SitePoint Preface

Conventions Used

Chapter 1: How to Tell if React is the Best Fit for Your Next Project

What Is React? How Does the Virtual DOM Work? Is React Good for Every Project? Resources Conclusion

Chapter 2: React vs Angular: An In-depth Comparison

Where to Start? Maturity Features Languages, Paradigms, and Patterns Ecosystem Adoption, Learning Curve and Development Experience Putting it Into Context One Framework to Rule Them All?

Chapter 3: Getting Started with React: A Beginner’s Guide

Prerequisites What is React? Understanding the React DOM Start a Blank React Project Introducing JSX Syntax Declaring React Components Styling JSX Elements Stateless vs Stateful Components

Chapter 4: Getting React Projects Ready Fast with Pre-configured Builds

How Does Create React App Work? Starting a Local Development Server Running Unit Tests Creating a Production Bundle Opting Out In Conclusion

Chapter 5: Styling in React: From External CSS to Styled Components

Evolution of Styling in JavaScript styled-components Building Generic Styled React Components Customizable Styled React Components Advanced Usage Component Structure Conclusion

Chapter 6: An Introduction to JSX

What is JSX? How Does it Work? What About Separation of Concerns? Not Just for React

Chapter 7: Working with Data in React: Properties & State

Kinds of Component Data Properties State Conclusion

Chapter 8: React for Angular Developers

Frameworks vs Libraries Out Of The Box Bootstrapping Templates Template Directives An Example Component Two-Way Binding Dependency Injection, Services, Filters Sounds Great. Can I Use Both!? How About Angular 2? A Complete Application

Chapter 8: A Guide to Testing React Components

Write Testable Components Test Utilities Put It All Together Conclusion