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React and React Native

You're reading from React and React Native Build cross-platform JavaScript and TypeScript apps for the web, desktop, and mobile

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805127307

Length 508 pages

Edition 5th Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

React

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Authors (3):

Adam Boduch

Mikhail Sakhniuk

Roy Derks

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Table of Contents (33) Chapters

Preface

1. Part I: React

2. Why React? FREE CHAPTER

3. Rendering with JSX

4. Understanding React Components and Hooks

5. Event Handling in the React Way

6. Crafting Reusable Components

7. Type-Checking and Validation with TypeScript

8. Handling Navigation with Routes

9. Code Splitting Using Lazy Components and Suspense

10. User Interface Framework Components

11. High-Performance State Updates

12. Fetching Data from a Server

13. State Management in React

14. Server-Side Rendering

15. Unit Testing in React

16. Part II: React Native

17. Why React Native?

18. React Native under the Hood

19. Kick-Starting React Native Projects

20. Building Responsive Layouts with Flexbox

21. Navigating Between Screens

22. Rendering Item Lists

23. Geolocation and Maps

24. Collecting User Input

25. Responding to User Gestures

26. Showing Progress

27. Displaying Modal Screens

28. Using Animations

29. Controlling Image Display

30. Going Offline

31. Other Books You May Enjoy

32. Index

Summary

In this chapter, we were introduced to the idea that gestures on native platforms make a significant difference compared to mobile web platforms. We started off by looking at the ScrollView component, and how it makes life much simpler by providing native scrolling behavior for wrapped components.

Next, we spent some time implementing buttons with touch feedback. This is another area that’s tricky to get right on the mobile web. We learned how to use the TouchableOpacity, TouchableHighlight, and Pressable API components to do this.

Finally, we implemented a generic Swipeable component. Swiping is a common mobile pattern, and it allows the user to discover how things work without feeling intimidated.

In the next chapter, we’ll learn how to control animation using React Native.

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Authors (3)

Roy Derks

Roy Derks

Roy Derks is a serial start-up CTO, international speaker, and author from the Netherlands. He has been working with React, React Native, and GraphQL since 2016. You might know him from the book “React Projects – Second Edition”, which was released by Packt earlier this year. Over the last few years, he has inspired tens of thousands of developers worldwide through his talks, books, workshops, and courses.

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Mikhail Sakhniuk

Mikhail Sakhniuk

Mikhail Sakhniuk is Software Engineer with high proficiency in JavaScript, React and React Native. He has more than 5 years of experience in developing web and mobile applications. He has worked for startups, fintech companies, and product companies with more than 20 million users. Currently, Mikhail is working at Miro as a Frontend Engineer. In addition, he owns and maintains a few open-source projects. He also shares his experience and knowledge through books and articles.

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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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