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React and React Native

You're reading from React and React Native A complete hands-on guide to modern web and mobile development with React.js

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839211140

Length 526 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

React

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Authors (2):

Adam Boduch

Roy Derks

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Table of Contents (33) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: React

2. Why React? FREE CHAPTER

3. Rendering with JSX

4. Component Properties, State, and Context

5. Getting Started with Hooks

6. Event Handling - The React Way

7. Crafting Reusable Components

8. The React Component Life Cycle

9. Validating Component Properties

10. Handling Navigation with Routes

11. Code Splitting Using Lazy Components and Suspense

12. Server-Side React Components

13. User Interface Framework Components

14. Section 2: React Native

15. Why React Native?

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. Controlling Image Display

26. Going Offline

27. Section 3: React Architecture

28. Native UI Components Using NativeBase

29. Handling Application State

30. Why Apollo?

31. Building an Apollo React App

32. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Authors (2)

Adam Boduch

Adam Boduch

Adam Boduch has been involved in large-scale JavaScript development for nearly 15 years. Before moving to the frontend, he worked on several large-scale cloud computing products using Python and Linux. No stranger to complexity, Adam has practical experience with real-world software systems and the scaling challenges they pose.

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Roy Derks

Roy Derks

Roy Derks is a serial start-up CTO, international speaker, and author from the Netherlands. He has been working with React, React Native, and GraphQL since 2016. You might know him from the book “React Projects – Second Edition”, which was released by Packt earlier this year. Over the last few years, he has inspired tens of thousands of developers worldwide through his talks, books, workshops, and courses.

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