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React and React Native. Build cross-platform JavaScript applications with native power for the web, desktop, and mobile - Fourth Edition

React and React Native. Build cross-platform JavaScript applications with native power for the web, desktop, and mobile - Fourth Edition

Adam Boduch, Roy Derks, Mikhail Sakhniuk

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Over the years, React and React Native has proven itself among JavaScript developers as a popular choice for a complete and practical guide to the React ecosystem. This fourth edition comes with the latest features, enhancements, and fixes to align with React 18, while also being compatible with React Native. It includes new chapters covering critical features and concepts in modern cross-platform app development with React.
From the basics of React to popular components such as Hooks, GraphQL, and NativeBase, this definitive guide will help you become a professional React developer in a step-by-step manner. You'll begin by learning about the essential building blocks of React components. As you advance through the chapters, you'll work with higher-level functionalities in application development and then put your knowledge to work by developing user interface components for the web and native platforms. In the concluding chapters, you'll learn how to bring your application together with robust data architecture.
By the end of this book, you'll be able to build React applications for the web and React Native applications for multiple mobile platforms.
  • 1. Why React?
  • 2. Rendering with JSX
  • 3. Component Properties, State, and Context
  • 4. Getting Started with Hooks
  • 5. Event Handling, the React Way
  • 6. Crafting Reusable Components
  • 7. The React Component Life Cycle
  • 8. Validating Component Properties
  • 9. Handling Navigation with Routes
  • 10. Code Splitting Using Lazy Components and Suspense
  • 11. Server-Side React Components
  • 12. User Interface Framework Components
  • 13. High-Performance State Updates
  • 14. Why React Native?
  • 15. React Native Under the Hood
  • 16. Kick-Starting React Native Projects
  • 17. Building Responsive Layouts with Flexbox
  • 18. Navigating Between Screens
  • 19. Rendering Item Lists
  • 20. Showing Progress
  • 21. Geolocation and Maps
  • 22. Collecting User Input
  • 23. Displaying Modal Screens
  • 24. Responding to User Gestures
  • 25. Using Animations
  • 26. Controlling Image Display
  • 27. Going Offline
  • 28. Selecting Native UI Components Using NativeBase
  • 29. Handling Application State
  • 30. Why GraphQL?
  • 31. Building a GraphQL React App
  • Title: React and React Native. Build cross-platform JavaScript applications with native power for the web, desktop, and mobile - Fourth Edition
  • Author: Adam Boduch, Roy Derks, Mikhail Sakhniuk
  • Original title: React and React Native. Build cross-platform JavaScript applications with native power for the web, desktop, and mobile - Fourth Edition
  • ISBN: 9781803249995, 9781803249995
  • Date of issue: 2022-05-30
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_2t2f
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing