Here is your perfect companion for learning about and developing React applications. This book introduces concepts innovatively, using real-world examples based on the most recommended practices to help you establish a firm foundation. This comprehensive approach provides a strong focus on building components by using React hooks.

You'll begin by learning web fundamentals, next-generation JavaScript, and how React fits into this. In the chapters that follow, you'll build a React application from scratch and learn about JSX, components, props, state management, prop drilling, context, and lifecycle events. Along the way you'll build a multi-component app and see how the components interact. Debugging and styling React applications are also discussed.

You'll then take an in depth look at React hooks and see how to create a custom hook. There is also a penultimate chapter that explores important concepts such as routing and authentication. The book concludes with a review of some exciting features in the upcoming release of React 18. After reading Just React you will be equipped with the skills necessary to build complex web and mobile user interfaces using this flexible JavaScript library.

What You'll Learn

• Examine the details of modern React concepts through example projects
• Set up your own React project
• Debug and style React components
• Take a look at routing, authentication, HTTP requests, Redux, and the new features of React 18

Who This Book Is For

Web developers, React developers, and JavaScript developers

About the Author
Hari Narayn is a programming enthusiast with over 11 years of experience in building web and mobile applications with React, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Azure, Teams, Power Platform, .Net, Angular, and JavaScript. He has built web and mobile solutions for various clients across the world. He is a Microsoft 365 Certified Developer Associate, Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, and a Certified Power Platform Developer Associate. He is a native of Kerala, India and currently based in Melbourne, Australia. He works as a Senior Technical Specialist in Victorian Public Service.




Book Information
ISBN 9781484282939
Author Hari Narayn
Format Paperback
Page Count 369
Imprint APress
Publisher APress