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Quickly learn the most widely used front-end development language with ease and confidence
React JS Foundations: Building User Interfaces with ReactJS - An Approachable Guide walks readers through the fundamental concepts of programming with the explosively popular front-end tool known as React JS.
Written by an accomplished full-stack engineer, speaker, and community organizer, React JS Foundations teaches readers how to understand React and how to begin building applications with it. The book:
* Explains and clarifies technical terminology with relevant and modern examples to assist people new to programming understand the language
* Helps experienced programmers quickly get up to speed with React
* Is stocked throughout with practical and applicable examples of day-to-day React work
Perfect for beginner, intermediate, and advanced programmers alike, React JS Foundations will quickly bring you up to speed on one of the most useful and widely used front-end languages on the web today. You can start building your first application today.
List of contents
Intro: Welcome & Setup
Chapter 1: Hello, World!
Chapter 2: What is React?
Chapter 3: JSX
Chapter 4: All About Components
Chapter 5: React Dev Tools
Chapter 6: Data Flow
Chapter 7: Events
Chapter 8: Forms
Chapter 9: Refs
Chapter 10: Styling Basics
Chapter 12: Error Boundaries
----Intro to Advanced Section----
Chapter 13: Intro to Hooks
Chapter 14: Initialize a React project from scratch
Chapter 15: Fetching and caching data
Chapter 16: Context API
Chapter 17: React Portals
Chapter 18: Accessibility in React
Chapter 19: Going Further
PROBABLE BONUS CHAPTER AFTER REACT v17: Suspense & Async Rendering
About the author
About the Author CHRIS MINNICK is an accomplished author, trainer, and web developer with experience working on web and mobile projects with both small and large companies. The companion website at www.reactjsfoundations.com provides code listings for each chapter, plus examples and downloads that can be used to test out the various ReactJS techniques in the book.
Summary
Get up to speed on building applications with ReactJS with this practical yet very approachable book that will provide you with everything you need to understand what React is and how to start building applications with it. You will learn through practical examples and different techniques, tools, and patterns used in day-to-day React work.
This book will not assume you know what all of the technical terms mean, rather for those who are unfamiliar or are entry-level engineers, terms will be clarified and explained providing readers with relevant and modern-day examples for today's engineer. This is not to say a non-beginner can't learn a trick or two from this book! This book is set up in a way that is approachable for beginners as well as "easily skimmable" for more seasoned programmers who are just looking to get up to speed with React Quickly.
