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

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Qr code Description automatically generated

In this chapter, we will delve into the React components and their fundamental aspects and introduce you to the power of Hooks. We will explore the essential concept of component data and how it shapes the structure of your React applications. We will discuss two primary types of component data: properties and state. Properties allow us to pass data to components, while state enables components to manage and update their internal data dynamically. We will examine how these concepts apply to function components and illustrate the mechanics of setting component state and passing properties.In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics: