Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
React Cookbook
React Cookbook

React Cookbook: Create dynamic web apps with React using Redux, Webpack, Node.js, and GraphQL

Arrow left icon
Profile Icon Carlos Santana Roldán
Arrow right icon
$19.99 per month
Full star icon Full star icon Half star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon 2.5 (6 Ratings)
Paperback Aug 2018 580 pages 1st Edition
eBook
$9.99 $39.99
Paperback
$48.99
Subscription
Free Trial
Renews at $19.99p/m
Arrow left icon
Profile Icon Carlos Santana Roldán
Arrow right icon
$19.99 per month
Full star icon Full star icon Half star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon 2.5 (6 Ratings)
Paperback Aug 2018 580 pages 1st Edition
eBook
$9.99 $39.99
Paperback
$48.99
Subscription
Free Trial
Renews at $19.99p/m
eBook
$9.99 $39.99
Paperback
$48.99
Subscription
Free Trial
Renews at $19.99p/m

What do you get with a Packt Subscription?

Free for first 7 days. $19.99 p/m after that. Cancel any time!
Product feature icon Unlimited ad-free access to the largest independent learning library in tech. Access this title and thousands more!
Product feature icon 50+ new titles added per month, including many first-to-market concepts and exclusive early access to books as they are being written.
Product feature icon Innovative learning tools, including AI book assistants, code context explainers, and text-to-speech.
Product feature icon Thousands of reference materials covering every tech concept you need to stay up to date.
Subscribe now
View plans & pricing
Table of content icon View table of contents Preview book icon Preview Book

React Cookbook

Working with React

In this chapter, the following recipes will be covered:

  • Introduction
  • Working with the latest JS features in React
  • What's new in React?
  • Using React on Windows

Introduction

React is a JavaScript library (MIT License) made by Facebook to create interactive UIs. It's used to create dynamic and reusable components. The most powerful thing about React is that can be used in the client, server, mobile applications, and even VR applications. 

In the modern web, we need to manipulate the DOM constantly; the problem is that doing this a lot may affect the performance of our application seriously. React uses a Virtual DOM, which means that all updates occur in memory (this is faster than manipulating the real DOM directly). The learning curve of React is short in comparison with other JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, Vue, or Backbone, mainly because the React code is mostly written with modern JavaScript (classes, arrow functions, string templates, and so on) and does not have too many patterns used to write code, like Dependency Injection, or a template system, like in Angular.

Companies such as Airbnb, Microsoft, Netflix, Disney, Dropbox, Twitter, PayPal, Salesforce, Tesla, and Uber are extensively using React in their projects. In this book, you will learn how to develop your React applications in the way they do, using best practices.

Left arrow icon Right arrow icon
Download code icon Download Code

Key benefits

  • Use essential hacks and simple techniques to solve React application development challenges
  • Create native mobile applications for iOS and Android using React Native
  • Learn how you can write robust tests for your applications using Jest and Enzyme

Description

React.js is Facebook's dynamic frontend web development framework. It helps you build efficient, high-performing web applications with an intuitive user interface. With more than 66 practical and self-contained tutorials, this book examines common pain points and best practices for building web applications with React. Each recipe addresses a specific problem and offers a proven solution with insights into how it works, so that you can modify the code and configuration files to suit your requirements. The React Cookbook starts with recipes for installing and setting up the React.js environment with the Create React Apps tool. You’ll understand how to build web components, forms, animations, and handle events. You’ll then delve into Redux for state management and build amazing UI designs. With the help of practical solutions, this book will guide you in testing, debugging, and scaling your web applications, and get to grips with web technologies like WebPack, Node, and Firebase to develop web APIs and implement SSR capabilities in your apps. Before you wrap up, the recipes on React Native and React VR will assist you in exploring mobile development with React. By the end of the book, you will have become familiar with all the essential tools and best practices required to build efficient solutions on the web with React.

Who is this book for?

If you’re a JavaScript developer who wants to build efficient and scalable solutions, this book is for you. Although not necessary, some knowledge of React will be an advantage. Also, if you have experience working with React, this book will help you improve your skills.

What you will learn

  • Understand complex topics such as Webpack and server-side rendering
  • Implement an API using Node.js, Firebase, and GraphQL
  • Maximize the performance of your React applications
  • Create a mobile application using React Native
  • Deploy a React application on Digital Ocean
  • Get to know best practices when organizing and testing a large React application

Product Details

Country selected
Publication date, Length, Edition, Language, ISBN-13
Publication date : Aug 30, 2018
Length: 580 pages
Edition : 1st
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781783980727
Vendor :
Facebook
Languages :
Tools :

What do you get with a Packt Subscription?

Free for first 7 days. $19.99 p/m after that. Cancel any time!
Product feature icon Unlimited ad-free access to the largest independent learning library in tech. Access this title and thousands more!
Product feature icon 50+ new titles added per month, including many first-to-market concepts and exclusive early access to books as they are being written.
Product feature icon Innovative learning tools, including AI book assistants, code context explainers, and text-to-speech.
Product feature icon Thousands of reference materials covering every tech concept you need to stay up to date.
Subscribe now
View plans & pricing

Product Details

Publication date : Aug 30, 2018
Length: 580 pages
Edition : 1st
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781783980727
Vendor :
Facebook
Languages :
Tools :

Packt Subscriptions

See our plans and pricing
Modal Close icon
$19.99 billed monthly
Feature tick icon Unlimited access to Packt's library of 7,000+ practical books and videos
Feature tick icon Constantly refreshed with 50+ new titles a month
Feature tick icon Exclusive Early access to books as they're written
Feature tick icon Solve problems while you work with advanced search and reference features
Feature tick icon Offline reading on the mobile app
Feature tick icon Simple pricing, no contract
$199.99 billed annually
Feature tick icon Unlimited access to Packt's library of 7,000+ practical books and videos
Feature tick icon Constantly refreshed with 50+ new titles a month
Feature tick icon Exclusive Early access to books as they're written
Feature tick icon Solve problems while you work with advanced search and reference features
Feature tick icon Offline reading on the mobile app
Feature tick icon Choose a DRM-free eBook or Video every month to keep
Feature tick icon PLUS own as many other DRM-free eBooks or Videos as you like for just $5 each
Feature tick icon Exclusive print discounts
$279.99 billed in 18 months
Feature tick icon Unlimited access to Packt's library of 7,000+ practical books and videos
Feature tick icon Constantly refreshed with 50+ new titles a month
Feature tick icon Exclusive Early access to books as they're written
Feature tick icon Solve problems while you work with advanced search and reference features
Feature tick icon Offline reading on the mobile app
Feature tick icon Choose a DRM-free eBook or Video every month to keep
Feature tick icon PLUS own as many other DRM-free eBooks or Videos as you like for just $5 each
Feature tick icon Exclusive print discounts

Frequently bought together


Stars icon
Total $ 146.97
React Cookbook
$48.99
ReactJS by Example - Building Modern Web Applications with React
$48.99
Full-Stack React Projects
$48.99
Total $ 146.97 Stars icon
Banner background image

Table of Contents

16 Chapters
Working with React Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Conquering Components and JSX Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Handling Events, Binding and Useful React Packages Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Adding Routes to Our Application with React Router Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Mastering Redux Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating Forms with Redux Form Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Animations with React Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating an API with Node.js Using MongoDB and MySQL Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Apollo and GraphQL Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Mastering Webpack 4.x Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Implementing Server-Side Rendering Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Testing and Debugging Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Deploying to Production Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Working with React Native Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Most Common React Interview Questions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Customer reviews

Top Reviews
Rating distribution
Full star icon Full star icon Half star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon 2.5
(6 Ratings)
5 star 16.7%
4 star 16.7%
3 star 0%
2 star 33.3%
1 star 33.3%
Filter icon Filter
Top Reviews

Filter reviews by




Maxx Traxx Sep 18, 2018
Full star icon Full star icon Full star icon Full star icon Full star icon 5
Being new to React I really needed something that was beyond the ole "Hello World" or "To Do" app tutorials and this book is great for that! Easy to follow with real world examples, I enjoyed that and the author's casual style; excellent code samples and a good approach for solving real problems. Recommended!
Amazon Verified review Amazon
Peter Pham Nov 14, 2018
Full star icon Full star icon Full star icon Full star icon Empty star icon 4
Overall, I believe the book is good, but there are certain things that are not explained in detailed that should be. It could be confusing to some people that are complete beginners to web development. One instance would be, that some of the CSS is using SASS notation and won't work properly.The code examples are great and are easy to follow. If you take the time to understand the underlying code, it is a great foundation to build off of.I would recommend this book to people learning React.
Amazon Verified review Amazon
Nick May 20, 2019
Full star icon Full star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon 2
This book has a good source of information but it is poorly written for a beginner and full of typos. Much of the code is written without any explanation. Fortunately I was able to Google much of what was being introduced. None of the firebase commands are explained but I found them from reading the docs. The author just expects you to be familiar with firebase. The Redux chapter starts off with a good introduction but fails to explain the code as it continues rattling off commands without any explanation. My coding background helped me to understand many other unexplained concepts but I can't imagine if I didn't have any coding experience how lost I would be.CONCLUSION:The good: it shows how to use fullstack react using mongo, graphql, redux, node, Express, and several other methods to build the frontend and backend of web apps. It provides a good path on how to move forward in your journey on react.The Bad: Most of the book contains unexplained code and assumes that you understand the new concepts being introduced without any explanation such as the use of axios without defining the arguments and firebase commands and redux section. This book introduces great concepts such as how to integrate mongodb, using apollo, etc. But requires the reader to pick up many other books or read documentation or blogs to understand the specifics. I would recommend fullstack react over this book as it offers better explanations such as the two ways setState method works in accepting an object or a arguments of current state and a callback function.
Amazon Verified review Amazon
Lynn and Scott May 29, 2019
Full star icon Full star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon 2
I am a raw React beginner. This book starts off OK. But, after that the code is not explained well and (for me) several instructions are not working. I had high hopes for this book because of all the topics related to React it covered. If you are a beginner try another book.
Amazon Verified review Amazon
martin pszczola May 19, 2019
Full star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon Empty star icon 1
If you are going to shell out the high price of texts like this, get the paper version. The Kindle version formatting is terrible.
Amazon Verified review Amazon
Get free access to Packt library with over 7500+ books and video courses for 7 days!
Start Free Trial

FAQs

What is included in a Packt subscription? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

A subscription provides you with full access to view all Packt and licnesed content online, this includes exclusive access to Early Access titles. Depending on the tier chosen you can also earn credits and discounts to use for owning content

How can I cancel my subscription? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

To cancel your subscription with us simply go to the account page - found in the top right of the page or at https://subscription.packtpub.com/my-account/subscription - From here you will see the ‘cancel subscription’ button in the grey box with your subscription information in.

What are credits? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Credits can be earned from reading 40 section of any title within the payment cycle - a month starting from the day of subscription payment. You also earn a Credit every month if you subscribe to our annual or 18 month plans. Credits can be used to buy books DRM free, the same way that you would pay for a book. Your credits can be found in the subscription homepage - subscription.packtpub.com - clicking on ‘the my’ library dropdown and selecting ‘credits’.

What happens if an Early Access Course is cancelled? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Projects are rarely cancelled, but sometimes it's unavoidable. If an Early Access course is cancelled or excessively delayed, you can exchange your purchase for another course. For further details, please contact us here.

Where can I send feedback about an Early Access title? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

If you have any feedback about the product you're reading, or Early Access in general, then please fill out a contact form here and we'll make sure the feedback gets to the right team. 

Can I download the code files for Early Access titles? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

We try to ensure that all books in Early Access have code available to use, download, and fork on GitHub. This helps us be more agile in the development of the book, and helps keep the often changing code base of new versions and new technologies as up to date as possible. Unfortunately, however, there will be rare cases when it is not possible for us to have downloadable code samples available until publication.

When we publish the book, the code files will also be available to download from the Packt website.

How accurate is the publication date? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

The publication date is as accurate as we can be at any point in the project. Unfortunately, delays can happen. Often those delays are out of our control, such as changes to the technology code base or delays in the tech release. We do our best to give you an accurate estimate of the publication date at any given time, and as more chapters are delivered, the more accurate the delivery date will become.

How will I know when new chapters are ready? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

We'll let you know every time there has been an update to a course that you've bought in Early Access. You'll get an email to let you know there has been a new chapter, or a change to a previous chapter. The new chapters are automatically added to your account, so you can also check back there any time you're ready and download or read them online.

I am a Packt subscriber, do I get Early Access? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Yes, all Early Access content is fully available through your subscription. You will need to have a paid for or active trial subscription in order to access all titles.

How is Early Access delivered? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Early Access is currently only available as a PDF or through our online reader. As we make changes or add new chapters, the files in your Packt account will be updated so you can download them again or view them online immediately.

How do I buy Early Access content? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Early Access is a way of us getting our content to you quicker, but the method of buying the Early Access course is still the same. Just find the course you want to buy, go through the check-out steps, and you’ll get a confirmation email from us with information and a link to the relevant Early Access courses.

What is Early Access? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Keeping up to date with the latest technology is difficult; new versions, new frameworks, new techniques. This feature gives you a head-start to our content, as it's being created. With Early Access you'll receive each chapter as it's written, and get regular updates throughout the product's development, as well as the final course as soon as it's ready.We created Early Access as a means of giving you the information you need, as soon as it's available. As we go through the process of developing a course, 99% of it can be ready but we can't publish until that last 1% falls in to place. Early Access helps to unlock the potential of our content early, to help you start your learning when you need it most. You not only get access to every chapter as it's delivered, edited, and updated, but you'll also get the finalized, DRM-free product to download in any format you want when it's published. As a member of Packt, you'll also be eligible for our exclusive offers, including a free course every day, and discounts on new and popular titles.