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React and React Native

You're reading from   React and React Native Build cross-platform JavaScript applications with native power for the web, desktop, and mobile

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803231280
Length 606 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Roy Derks Roy Derks
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Mikhail Sakhniuk Mikhail Sakhniuk
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Table of Contents (36) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – React
2. Chapter 1: Why React? FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Rendering with JSX 4. Chapter 3: Component Properties, State, and Context 5. Chapter 4: Getting Started with Hooks 6. Chapter 5: Event Handling, the React Way 7. Chapter 6: Crafting Reusable Components 8. Chapter 7: The React Component Life Cycle 9. Chapter 8: Validating Component Properties 10. Chapter 9: Handling Navigation with Routes 11. Chapter 10: Code Splitting Using Lazy Components and Suspense 12. Chapter 11: Server-Side React Components 13. Chapter 12: User Interface Framework Components 14. Chapter 13: High-Performance State Updates 15. Part 2 – React Native
16. Chapter 14: Why React Native? 17. Chapter 15: React Native under the Hood 18. Chapter 16: Kick-Starting React Native Projects 19. Chapter 17: Building Responsive Layouts with Flexbox 20. Chapter 18: Navigating Between Screens 21. Chapter 19: Rendering Item Lists 22. Chapter 20: Showing Progress 23. Chapter 21: Geolocation and Maps 24. Chapter 22: Collecting User Input 25. Chapter 23: Displaying Modal Screens 26. Chapter 24: Responding to User Gestures 27. Chapter 25: Using Animations 28. Chapter 26: Controlling Image Display 29. Chapter 27: Going Offline 30. Chapter 28: Selecting Native UI Components Using NativeBase 31. Part 3 – React Architecture
32. Chapter 29: Handling Application State 33. Chapter 30: Why GraphQL? 34. Chapter 31: Building a GraphQL React App 35. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 1: Why React?

If you're reading this book, you probably know what React is. If not, don't worry. I'll do my best to keep philosophical definitions to a minimum. However, this is a long book with a lot of content, so I feel that setting the tone is an appropriate first step. Yes, the goal is to learn React and React Native. But it's also to put together a lasting architecture that can handle everything we want to build with React today and in the future.

This chapter starts with a brief explanation of why React exists. Then, we'll think about the simplicity of React and how it is able to handle many of the typical performance issues faced by web developers. Next, we'll go over the declarative philosophy of React and the level of abstraction that React programmers can expect to work with. Finally, we'll touch on some of the major features of React.

Once you have a conceptual understanding of React and how it solves problems with UI development, you'll be better equipped to tackle the remainder of the book. This chapter will cover the following topics:

  • What is React?
  • React features
  • What's new in React 18?
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React and React Native - Fourth Edition
Published in: May 2022
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781803231280
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