React Projects – Second Edition

React Projects – Second Edition –

Learn how to develop real-world applications of varying complexity for the web, mobile, and VR devices using React, React Native, React 360, and more

Key Features:

• Build React applications at scale using React patterns and best practices
• Explore React features such as Hooks, the Context API, and the Suspense API
• Extend React’s integration with React Native for building cross-platform mobile apps and games

Book Description:

Developed by Facebook, React is a popular library for building impressive user interfaces. React extends its capabilities to mobile platforms using the React Native framework and integrates with popular web and mobile tools to build scalable applications.

React Projects is your guide to learning React development by using modern development patterns and integrating React with powerful web tools, such as GraphQL, Expo, and React 360. You’ll start building a real-world project right from the first chapter and get hands-on with developing scalable applications as you advance to building more complex projects. Throughout the book, you’ll use the latest versions of React and React Native to explore features such as routing, Context, and Hooks on multiple platforms, which will help you build full-stack web and mobile applications efficiently. Finally, you’ll get to grips with unit testing with Jest and end-to-end testing with Cypress to build test-driven apps.

By the end of this React book, you’ll have developed the skills necessary to start building scalable React apps across web and mobile platforms.

What You Will Learn:

• Create a wide range of applications using various modern React tools and frameworks
• Discover how React Hooks modernize state management for React apps
• Develop web applications using styled and reusable React components
• Build test-driven React applications using Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress
• Understand full-stack development using GraphQL, Apollo, and React
• Perform server-side rendering using React and Next.js
• Create animated games using React Native and Expo
• Design gestures and animations for a cross-platform game using React Native

Who this book is for:

The book is for JavaScript developers who want to explore React tooling and frameworks for building cross-platform applications. Basic knowledge of web development, ECMAScript, and React will assist with understanding key concepts covered in this book.