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React and React Native

React and React Native

By : Adam Boduch, Roy Derks, Mikhail Sakhniuk
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React and React Native

React and React Native

4.6 (17)
By: Adam Boduch, Roy Derks, Mikhail Sakhniuk

Overview of this book

Over the years, React and React Native has proven itself among JavaScript developers as a popular choice for a complete and practical guide to the React ecosystem. This fourth edition comes with the latest features, enhancements, and fixes to align with React 18, while also being compatible with React Native. It includes new chapters covering critical features and concepts in modern cross-platform app development with React. From the basics of React to popular components such as Hooks, GraphQL, and NativeBase, this definitive guide will help you become a professional React developer in a step-by-step manner. You'll begin by learning about the essential building blocks of React components. As you advance through the chapters, you'll work with higher-level functionalities in application development and then put your knowledge to work by developing user interface components for the web and native platforms. In the concluding chapters, you'll learn how to bring your application together with robust data architecture. By the end of this book, you'll be able to build React applications for the web and React Native applications for multiple mobile platforms.
Table of Contents (36 chapters)
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Part 1 – React
15
Part 2 – React Native
31
Part 3 – React Architecture

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about state and properties in React components. We started off by defining and comparing the two concepts. Then, we implemented several React components and manipulated their state, allowing you to dynamically update what the user sees on the screen. Next, you learned about properties by implementing code that passed property values from JSX to the component, in cases where the component only needs to display values instead of changing them.

Next, you were introduced to the concept of a container component, which is used to decouple data fetching from rendering content, leading to a clear separation of concerns. Finally, you learned about the new context API in React 16 and how to use it to avoid too many repetitive properties when you have global application data.

In the following chapter, you'll learn about the new React Hooks API and how it supports using functional components for everything, including state and lifecycle management...

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