What this book covers
Chapter 1, Getting Started with React, covers the basics of ReactJS by building a simple app with static data. We will study top-level API of React and its basic building blocks.
Chapter 2, JSX in Depth, does a deep dive into JSX and how to use it with React. We will also look at a few gotchas that need to be considered while working with JSX.
Chapter 3, Data Flow and Life Cycle Events, focuses on data flow between React components and complete life cycle of a component.
Chapter 4, Composite Dynamic Components and Forms, shows how to build composite dynamic components using React with more focus on forms while building a form wizard application.
Chapter 5, Mixins and the DOM, covers mixins, refs, and how React interacts with DOM.
Chapter 6, React on the Server, uses React on the server side to render HTML and learn more about what server-side rendering brings to the table by building a search application based on Open Library Books API.
Chapter 7, React Addons, continues to use the search application and enhances it with various add-ons provided with React. We will study the use cases of these add-ons.
Chapter 8, Performance of React Apps, discusses everything about the performance of the React app by going deep into how React renders the content and helps in making our apps faster.
Chapter 9, React Router and Data Models, helps in building a Pinterest-style application and discusses routing using react-router. We will also discuss how various data models can be used with React, including Backbone models.
Chapter 10, Animation, focuses on making our Pinterest app more interactive with animations and how to use them effectively with React.
Chapter 11, React Tools, takes a step back and discusses various tools that we will use in our journey while working with React. We will study the tools such as Babel, ESLint, React dev tools, and Webpack.
Chapter 12, Flux, explains how to build a social media-tracker application while using the Flux architecture. We will discuss the need for the Flux architecture and what it brings to the table.
Chapter 13, Redux and React, covers using Redux—a popular state management library—to enhance the social media-tracker application further in order to use Redux-based state management.
