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React 16 Essentials

You're reading from React 16 Essentials A fast-paced, hands-on guide to designing and building scalable and maintainable web apps with React 16

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781787126046

Length 240 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

React

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Authors (3):

Christopher Pitt

Artemij Fedosejev

Adam Boduch

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. What's New in React 16 FREE CHAPTER

2. Installing Powerful Tools for Your Project

3. Creating Your First React Element

4. Creating Your First React Component

5. Making Your React Components Reactive

6. Using Your React Components with Another Library

7. Updating Your React Components

8. Building Complex React Components

9. Testing Your React Application with Jest

10. Supercharging Your React Architecture with Flux

11. Preparing Your React Application for Painless Maintenance with Flux

12. Refining Your Flux Apps with Redux

Index

What you need for this book

First of all, you need the latest version of a modern web browser, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox:

Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser
Mozilla Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Second, you will need to install Git, Node.js, and npm. You will find detailed instructions on how to install and use them in Chapter 2, Installing Powerful Tools for Your Project.

Finally, you will need a code editor. I recommend Sublime Text (http://www.sublimetext.com). Alternatively, you can use Atom (https://atom.io), Brackets (http://brackets.io), Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com), or any other editor of your choice.

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Authors (3)

Pitt

Pitt

Christopher Pitt is a principal developer for SilverStripe in Wellington, New Zealand. He usually works on open source software, though sometimes you'll find him building compilers and robots.

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Artemij Fedosejev

Artemij Fedosejev

Artemij Fedosejev is a technical lead living in London, United Kingdom. He is a self-taught web developer who has been a web developer since the early 2000s. Artemij earned his BSc in computer science from University College Cork, Ireland. He participated in the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme, where he built and launched a website that received the Most Innovative Project award. Artemij has played a key role in creating frontend architecture using React.js and Flux for various websites. Artemij created a number of open source projects, including Snapkite Engine, Snapkite Stream Client, and other projects.

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Adam Boduch

Adam Boduch

Adam Boduch has been involved in large-scale JavaScript development for nearly 15 years. Before moving to the frontend, he worked on several large-scale cloud computing products using Python and Linux. No stranger to complexity, Adam has practical experience with real-world software systems and the scaling challenges they pose.

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