React Programming

Description

Write better front-end code faster: master React hands-on, through world-class instruction from the experts at Big Nerd Ranch!

• Learn by doing, as you build a complete production-ready app with the efficient Create React App approach
• Move from first principles to advanced techniques, with expert instruction proven in the classroom at Big Nerd Ranch web development bootcamps
• Includes cutting-edge coverage of functional components, hooks, ESLint rules, testing with React Testing Library and Cypress, and much more

Loren Klingman is a full-stack web developer and instructor at Big Nerd Ranch. He has over 15 years of experience across a variety of technologies. When he’s not at work, he can be found playing tabletop games. Ashley Parker is an engineering team manager and instructor at Big Nerd Ranch, where she loves to learn new things. She specializes in front-end web development, with a focus on React and React Native. When she’s not in front of a computer, you can find her reading, traveling, or doing mom things.

React is today’s most popular open-source JavaScript library for front-end web application development. React Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide helps programmers with experience in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript master React through hands-on examples.

Based on Big Nerd Ranch’s popular React Essentials bootcamp, this guide illuminates key concepts with realistic code, guiding you step by step through building a starter app and a complete, production-ready app, both crafted to help you quickly leverage React’s remarkable power.

Use React to write reliable, declarative code, create carts and other e-commerce features, optimize performance, and gain experience with component and end-to-end testing. Along the way, you will learn to use tools like Create React App, functional components, hooks, ESLint, React Router, websockets, the React Testing Library, and Cypress. 

Introduction

1. The Necessary Tools
2. Create React App
3. Components
4. User Events
5. State
6. Linting
7. Prop Types
8. Styles
9. Interacting with a Server
10. Router
11. Conditional Rendering
12. useReducer
13. Editing the Cart
14. Forms
15. Local Storage and useRef
16. Submitting Orders
17. Component Composition
18. Context
19. Fulfilling Orders
20. Introduction to App Performance Optimization
21. Testing Overview
22. Testing with Jest and the React Testing Library
23. End-to-End Testing
24. Building Your Application
25. Data Loading
26. Component Speed

Afterword

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