ReactJS by Example - Building Modern Web Applications with React

Vipul A M · Prathamesh Sonpatki

Apr 2016 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

Get up and running with ReactJS by developing five cutting-edge and responsive projectsAbout This BookCreate pragmatic real-world applications while learning React and its modern developer toolsBuild sustainable user interfaces by transforming data into components of UILearn how to generate reusable ReactJS components effectivelyWho This Book Is For

If you are a web developer and wish to learn ReactJS from scratch, then this book is tailor-made for you. Good understanding of Javascript, HTML, and CSS is expected.

What You Will LearnCreate, reuse, and compose React components using JSXShare data between various React components and techniques for data flow within a React appHandle user interactions with the help of event handlers and dynamic componentsSet up and use various next generation ES2015/ES6 features with ReactUnderstand the performance and immutability features of React using React add-onsLearn the techniques of Animation in ReactUse data stores to store model-related data and informationCreate a flux-based React application by using Reflux libraryIn Detail

ReactJS is an open-source JavaScript library that brings the power of reactive programming to web applications and sites. It aims to address the challenges encountered in developing single-page applications, and is intended to help developers build large, easily scalable and changing web apps.

Starting with a project on Open Library API, you will be introduced to React and JSX before moving on to learning about the life cycle of a React component. In the second project, building a multi-step wizard form, you will learn about composite dynamic components and perform DOM actions. You will also learn about building a fast search engine by exploring server-side rendering in the third project on a search engine application. Next, you will build a simple frontpage for an e-commerce app in the fourth project by using data models and React add-ons. In the final project you will develop a complete social media tracker by using the flux way of defining React apps and know about the best practices and use cases with the help of ES6 and redux.

By the end of this book, you will not only have a good understanding of ReactJS but will also have built your very own responsive frontend applications from scratch.

Style and approach

An easy-to-follow program to learn ReactJS with the help of real world projects. Each topic is explained within the context of a project and provides plenty of tips and tricks for using ReactJS.

About the author

Vipul A M is Director at BigBinary. He is part of Rails Issues Team, and helps triaging issues. His spare time is spent exploring and contributing to many Open Source ruby projects, when not dabbling with React JS. Vipul loves Ruby's vibrant community and helps in building PuneRb, is the founder of and runs RubyIndia Community Newsletter and RubyIndia Podcast, and organizes Deccan Ruby Conference in Pune. He can be found @vipulnsward on twitter and on his site http://vipulnsward.com.

Prathamesh Sonpatki is Director at BigBinary. He builds web applications using Ruby on Rails and ReactJS. He loves learning new programming languages and contributing to open source. He can be found @_cha1tanya on twitter.