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React Projects: Build 12 real-world applications from scratch using React, React Native, and React 360

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React Projects

Creating a Progressive Web Application with Reusable React Components

Do you already feel familiar with React's core concepts after completing the first chapter? Great! This chapter will be no problem for you! If not, don't worry most of the concepts you came across in the previous chapter will be repeated. However, if you want to get more experience with webpack and Babel, it's recommended that you try creating the project in Chapter 1, Creating a Movie List Application in React, again since this chapter won't be covering those topics.

In this chapter, you'll work with Create React App, a starter kit (created by the React core team to get you started with React quickly) that can be used as a Progressive Web App (PWA) a web application that behaves like a mobile application. It will make the configuration of module bundlers and compilers...

Project overview

In this chapter, we will create a PWA that has reusable React components and styling using Create React App and styled-components. The application will use data fetched from the public GitHub API.

The build time is 1.5-2 hours.

Getting started

The project you'll create in this chapter will use the public API from GitHub, which you can find at https://developer.github.com/v3/. To be able to use this API, you need to have a GitHub account, since you'll want to retrieve information from a GitHub user account. If you don't have a GitHub account yet, you can create one by registering on its website. Also, you need to download the GitHub logo pack from here: https://github-media-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHub-Mark.zip. The complete source code for this application can also be found on GitHub: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/React-Projects/tree/ch2.

GitHub portfolio application

In this section, we will learn how to create a new React project using Create React App and set it up as a PWA that reuses React components and styling with styled-components.

Creating a PWA with Create React App

Having to configure webpack and Babel every time we create a new React project can be quite time-consuming. Also, the settings for every project can change and it becomes hard to manage all of these configurations when we want to add new features to our project.

Therefore, the React core team introduced a starter kit known as Create React App and released a stable version of it, 2.0, in 2018. By using Create React App, we no longer have to worry about managing compile and build configurations...

Summary

In this chapter, you used Create React App to create your starter project for a React application, which comes with an initial configuration for libraries such as Babel and webpack. By doing this, you didn't have to configure these libraries yourself and don't have to worry about how your React code will run in the browser. Also, Create React App comes with a default setup for PWA, which you can use by registering a service worker. This makes your application run smoothly when there's no internet connection or when it's on a mobile device. Remember how you had to style your applications with CSS before? This chapter showed you how the styled-components package can be used to create components that are reusable and styled without importing any CSS files since it uses the CSS-in-JS principle.

Upcoming chapters will all feature projects that are created...

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  • Build React applications at scale using effective React patterns and best practices
  • Explore React features such as Hooks, the Context API, and the Suspense API
  • Extend React’s integration with React Native for building cross-platform mobile apps and games

Description

Developed by Facebook, React is a popular library for building impressive user interfaces. React extends its capabilities to the mobile platform using the React Native framework and integrates with popular web and mobile tools to build scalable applications. React Projects is your guide to learning React development by using modern development patterns and integrating React with powerful web tools such as GraphQL, Expo, and React 360. You'll start building a real-world project right from the first chapter and get hands on with developing scalable applications as you advance to building more complex projects. Throughout the book, you'll use the latest versions of React and React Native to explore features such as Higher Order Components (HOC), Context, and Hooks on multiple platforms, which will help you build full stack web and mobile applications efficiently. Finally, you'll delve into unit testing with Jest to build test-driven apps. By the end of this React book, you'll have developed the skills necessary to start building scalable React apps across web and mobile platforms.

Who is this book for?

The book is for JavaScript developers who want to explore React tooling and frameworks for building cross-platform applications. Basic knowledge of web development, ECMAScript, and React will assist with understanding key concepts covered in this book.

What you will learn

  • Create a wide range of applications using various modern React tools and frameworks
  • Discover how React Hooks modernize state management for React apps
  • Develop progressive web applications using React components
  • Build test-driven React applications using the Jest and Enzyme frameworks
  • Understand full stack development using React, Apollo, and GraphQL
  • Perform server-side rendering using React and React Router
  • Design gestures and animations for a cross-platform game using React Native

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Table of Contents

13 Chapters
Creating a Movie List Application in React Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating a Progressive Web Application with Reusable React Components Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build a Dynamic Project Management Board with React and Suspense Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build a SSR-Based Community Feed Using React Router Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build a Personal Shopping List Application Using Context API and Hooks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build an Application Exploring TDD Using Jest and Enzyme Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build a Full Stack E-Commerce Application with React Native and GraphQL Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build a House Listing Application with React Native and Expo Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build an Animated Game Using React Native and Expo Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating a Real-Time Messaging Application with React Native and Expo Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build a Full Stack Social Media Application with React Native and GraphQL Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating a Virtual Reality Application with React 360 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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A.Sc. Oct 01, 2020
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In dem Buch werden pro Kapitel verschiedene Projekte behandelt und in den jeweiligen Kapiteln werden verschiedene React Techniken vorgestellt (HOC, Hooks, Contexts, etc.). Mit etwas Vorkenntnis in React kann man den Beispielen sehr gut folgen. Es werden sind wichtigsten Teile des Quell-Codes abgedruckt - nicht zu viel und nicht zu wenig, sodass man die Inhalte sehr gut nachvollziehen kann. Der komplette Code ist auch auf Github abegelegt, was auch sehr gut zum Nachschlagen ist. Es hilft, wenn man etwas Vorwissen zu JS/React mitbringt.
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Kindle Customer Oct 12, 2020
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I have completed Chapter 1 (so I will update this later if my outlook on the book/author changes) and I enjoy the way this book is written. The "be warned" in the title is because Chapter 1 sets up webpack and webpack-dev-server, which doesn't work right now (Oct 2020).If you purchase this book, skip setting up webpack and run the following code in your terminal (found in Chapter 2 on page 18, oh and make sure you have node and npm installed):npm install -g create-react-appnpx create-react-app github-porfolioThen you can start building the project in Chapter 1 on page 16 (Structuring a project).I definitely encourage you to read Chapter 1 webpack setup, just do not work through it because it currently doesn't work.
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Worth the money to gain skills on latest technology.Book comes from basics and who don’t have the knowledge on react also can easily understand.
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Stephen Bradley Dec 11, 2020
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I've gone through the first few chapters of this book and I am enjoying the chapters. I know what i'm learning is good advice and will definitely be useful in the future.HOWEVER! There are errors in the book. Variable names are wrong, strings being evaluated against ints and it the code not working, even the github link doesn't line up with whats in the actual book. For me it's ok as its another problem to solve and learn from BUT I think if i had paid the full price for the physical book and not kindle version, I would be disappointed.Also if you are a beginner and learning from this, you might not have the skills to work out these bugs yourself but you can learn if you have the patience.
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The book is good for beginners but doesn't cover as much react theory as i wanted it to.
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