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Modern JavaScript Web Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Modern JavaScript Web Development Cookbook Easy solutions to common and everyday JavaScript development problems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788992749
Length 642 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Federico Kereki Federico Kereki
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Preface 1. Working with JavaScript Development Tools 2. Using Modern JavaScript Features FREE CHAPTER 3. Developing with Node 4. Implementing RESTful Services with Node 5. Testing and Debugging Your Server 6. Developing with React 7. Enhancing Your Application 8. Expanding Your Application 9. Debugging Your Application 10. Testing Your Application 11. Creating Mobile Apps with React Native 12. Testing and Debugging Your Mobile App 13. Creating a Desktop Application with Electron 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Styling and laying out your components

Applying CSS styles to your app is not difficult, but you'll have to un-learn and re-learn some of the following concepts that are just plain different in RN, when compared to HTML:

  • In web pages, CSS style is global, and applies to all tags; in RN, styling is done locally on a component-by-component basis; there is no global styling. Also, you don't need selectors, because styles are directly associated to components.
  • There is no inheritance of styles: in HTML, children inherit some of their parent's style by default, but in RN, if you want this to happen, you'll have to provide the specific desired style to the children. However, if you wish, you can export styles and import them elsewhere.
  • RN styles are completely dynamic: you can use all JS functions to compute whichever values you wish to apply. You could even alter...
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