Synopses & Reviews
React is a new, open-source technology from Facebook that has stirred quite a storm in the web development community, and some would say its the next best thing to a silver bullet for building web applications. With React: Up and Running you'll learn how to get off the ground with React, with no prior knowledge.
This book teaches you how to build components, the building blocks of your apps, as well as how to organize the components into large-scale apps. In addition, youll learn about unit testing and optimizing performance, while focusing on the applications data (and letting the UI take care of itself).
Synopsis
Hit the ground running with React, the open-source technology from Facebook for building rich web applications fast. With this practical guide, Yahoo web developer Stoyan Stefanov teaches you how to build components React s basic building blocks and organize them into maintainable, large-scale apps. If you re familiar with basic JavaScript syntax, you re ready to get started.
Once you understand how React works, you ll build a complete custom Whinepad app that helps users rate wines and keep notes. You ll quickly learn why some developers consider React the key to the web app development puzzle.Set up React and write your first "Hello world" web appCreate and use custom React components alongside generic DOM componentsBuild a data table component that lets you edit, sort, search, and export its contentsUse the JSX syntax extension as an alternative to function callsSet up a lean, low-level build process that helps you focus on ReactBuild a complete custom app that lets you store data on the clientUse ESLint, Flow, and Jest tools to check and test your code as your app evolvesManage communication between components with Flux"
Synopsis
Hit the ground running with React, the open source technology from Facebook for building rich web applications fast. Updated for the latest React release, the second edition of this hands-on guide shows you how to build React components and organize them into maintainable large-scale apps. If you're familiar with JavaScript syntax, you're ready to get started.
Through the course of this book, author Stoyan Stefanov helps web developers and programmers build a complete custom app for storing data on the client. You'll quickly learn why some developers consider React the key to the web app development puzzle.
- Set up React and write your first "Hello, World" web app
- Create and use custom React components alongside generic DOM components
- Build a data table component that lets you edit, sort, search, and export its contents
- Use the JSX syntax extension as an alternative to function calls
- Set up a lean, low-level build process that helps you focus on React
- Build a complete custom app that lets you store data on the client
- Use ESLint, Flow, and Jest tools to check and test your code as your app evolves
About the Author
Stoyan Stefanov is a Yahoo! web developer, Zend Certified Engineer, and an author, contributor, and tech reviewer of various O'Reilly books. He speaks regularly about web development topics at conferences and on his blog at www.phpied.com. Stoyan is the creator of the smush.it image optimization tool and architect of Yahoo's performance optimization tool YSlow 2.0.