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Learn React with TypeScript

Learn React with TypeScript

By : Carl Rippon
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Learn React with TypeScript

Learn React with TypeScript

By: Carl Rippon

Overview of this book

Reading, navigating, and debugging a large frontend codebase can feel overwhelming for web developers, but you can overcome this with expert guidance from a seasoned software professional with over 20 years’ experience in developing a complex line of business applications. This book will help you learn React, TypeScript, and Next.js—the core technology stack behind scalable, high-performance web applications used by top companies. This third edition of Learn React with TypeScript is updated with the latest features of React 19, including server components, server actions, and powerful new hooks. The chapters show you how to use TypeScript’s advanced features for enhanced code reliability and maintainability when building robust, type-safe components. You’ll explore efficient data fetching strategies with RSCs in Next.js, as well as in single-page applications (SPAs). The book also covers modern state management with Zustand, best practices for form handling, and strategies for building well-structured, reusable components that streamline development. Finally, you’ll focus on unit testing with Vitest, ensuring your React components are resilient and error-free. By the end of this book, you'll have at your disposal the skills and best practices needed to create maintainable and performant React applications with TypeScript and Next.js.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Part 1: Introduction
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Part 2: App Fundamentals
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Part 3:Data
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Part 4:Advanced React
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Index

Understanding JavaScript types

Before understanding the type system in TypeScript, let’s briefly explore the type system in JavaScript. To do this, open a browser and carry out the following steps:

  1. Open the browser development tools (F12 on Windows or Cmd + Option + I on Mac) and go to the Console panel.
  2. Enter the following lines into the console:
    let firstName = “Fred”;
    console.log(typeof firstName);
    let score = 9;
    console.log(typeof score);
    let date = new Date(2022, 10, 1);
    console.log(typeof date);

    The code assigns three variables to various values. The code also outputs the variable values to the console, along with their JavaScript type.

    Here’s the console output:

Figure 2.5 – Some JavaScript types

It isn’t surprising that firstName is a string and score is a number. However, it is a little surprising that date is an object rather than something more specific, such as a date.

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