React Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Description

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. 

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Table of Contents

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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