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React Cookbook

You're reading from React Cookbook Create dynamic web apps with React using Redux, Webpack, Node.js, and GraphQL

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783980727

Length 580 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

GraphQL

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

Carlos Santana Roldán

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Working with React FREE CHAPTER

2. Conquering Components and JSX

3. Handling Events, Binding and Useful React Packages

4. Adding Routes to Our Application with React Router

5. Mastering Redux

6. Creating Forms with Redux Form

7. Animations with React

8. Creating an API with Node.js Using MongoDB and MySQL

9. Apollo and GraphQL

10. Mastering Webpack 4.x

11. Implementing Server-Side Rendering

12. Testing and Debugging

13. Deploying to Production

14. Working with React Native

15. Most Common React Interview Questions

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Creating a basic API with Express

Express is the most popular Node.js framework and is easy to install and to use. In this recipe we are going to create, configure, and install a basic API using Express.

Getting ready

First, we need to install Node. You need to go to the official website, www.nodejs.org, and then download Node.js. There are two versions: the LTS (Long Term Support) version and the current version, which has the latest features. In my opinion, it is always better to choose the LTS version, but it's up to you.

Once you have installed Node, you can check which version you have by running this command in your Terminal:

node -v
v10.8.0

Also, Node includes Node Package Manager (npm) by...

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Carlos Santana Roldán

Carlos Santana Roldán

Carlos Santana Roldán is a senior web developer with more than 15 years of experience. Currently, he is working as a Principal Engineer at APM Music. He is the founder of JS Education, where he teaches people web technologies such as React, Node.js

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