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

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803231280

Length 606 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

React

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Authors (3):

Roy Derks

Mikhail Sakhniuk

Adam Boduch

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Table of Contents (36) Chapters

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

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