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Serverless Web Applications with React and Firebase
Serverless Web Applications with React and Firebase

Serverless Web Applications with React and Firebase: Develop real-time applications for web and mobile platforms

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Serverless Web Applications with React and Firebase

Integrate React App with Firebase

In Chapter 1, Getting Started with Firebase and React, we saw how we can integrate Firebase with JavaScript and created our first sample application, which gave us a brief idea of how Firebase works. Now that you've completed your first web app using JavaScript and Firebase, we'll build the helpdesk application with React and Firebase.

We will start off by setting up the React environment, and then we will take a quick look at the JSX and React component methods. We'll also see how we can create form components in React using JSX and submit these form values in the Firebase Realtime Database. 

Here's a list of the points that we'll focus on this chapter:

  • React Environment Setup
  • Introduction of JSX and React Bootstrap
  • Creating a Form With JSX
  • Firebase Integration With React
  • Save and Read the data from Realtime Database...

Setting up the environment

First, we need to create a folder structure similar to our Hello World app, which we made in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Firebase and React. The following screenshot describes the folder structure:

When we start making an application with ReactJS, we need to do some setup, which just involves an HTML page and the reactjs library. Once we have finished creating the folder structure, we need to install both our frameworks: ReactJS and Firebase. It's as simple as including JavaScript and CSS files in your page. We can do this via a Content Delivery Network (CDN), such as Google or Microsoft, but we will fetch the files manually in our application so that we don't have to be dependent on the internet and can work offline.

Installing React...

Summary

In this chapter, we saw how JSX plays an important role in making custom components in React as well as making them very simple to visualize, understand, and write. We also saw how props and state play an important role in making components interactive as well as in DOM interaction to get the value from form fields. With the help of refs, we can call any public method and send a message to our particular child instance.

Also, we explored the React-Bootstrap components by creating an Add Ticket form, which works well on all expected devices as well as on desktop browsers.

In addition, we saw how easy it is to use Firebase Realtime Database with a ReactJS application. With just a few lines of code, we can save the data to the Realtime Database and retrieve the list of tickets from the database in Realtime to make our application Realtime.

In the next chapter, we will do...

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Key benefits

  • 1) A practical guide covering the full stack for web development with React 16 and Firebase
  • 2) Leverage the power of Firebase Cloud Storage, messaging, functions, OAuth, and database security to develop serverless web applications.
  • 3) Develop high-performance applications without the hassle of setting up complex web infrastructure.

Description

ReactJS is a wonderful framework for UI development. Firebase as a backend with React is a great choice as it is easy, powerful, and provides great developer experience. It removes a lot of boilerplate code from your app and allows you to focus on your app to get it out quickly to users. Firebase with React is also a good choice for Most Viable Product (MVP) development. This book provides more practical insights rather than just theoretical concepts and includes basic to advanced examples – from hello world to a real-time seat booking app and Helpdesk application This book will cover the essentials of Firebase and React.js and will take you on a fast-paced journey through building real-time applications with Firebase features such as Cloud Storage, Cloud Function, Hosting and the Realtime Database. We will learn how to secure our application by using Firebase authentication and database security rules. We will leverage the power of Redux to organize data in the front-end, since Redux attempts to make state mutations predictable by imposing certain restrictions on how and when updates can happen. Towards the end of the book you will have improved your React skills by realizing the potential of Firebase to create real-time serverless web applications.

Who is this book for?

This book is for JavaScript developers who have some previous knowledge of React and want to develop serverless, full-stack applications but without the hassle of setting up a complex infrastructure.

What you will learn

  • •Install powerful React.js and Firebase tools to make development much more efficient
  • •Create React components with Firebase to save and retrieve the data in real-time
  • •Use Firebase Authentication to make your React user interface secure
  • •Develop React and Firebase applications with Redux integration
  • •Firebase database security rules
  • •Firebase Cloud Storage Integration to upload and store data on the cloud
  • •Create a complete real-time application with React and firebase
  • •Using Firebase Cloud messaging and Cloud functions with React
  • •Firebase Cloud Storage integration with React

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Table of Contents

10 Chapters
Getting Started with Firebase and React Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Integrate React App with Firebase Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Authentication with Firebase Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Connecting React to Redux and Firebase Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
User Profile and Access Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Firebase Security and Rules Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using Firebase Cloud Messaging and Cloud Functions with React Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Firebase Cloud Storage Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Best Practices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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bishok limbu Mar 08, 2021
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This book is great for beginners who want to understand more about web applications. I highly recommend this book !!!
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Very simple written. Easy to understand for the beginners and intermediate level developers.
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This book helped me understand the basics of both Firebase and React.js and also helped me with building all the real time apps. Definetly recommend it to all the javascript developers out there who have knowledge around React.
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