React Quickly, 2nd Edition

Learn the skills you need to build React applications quickly! This fully revised second edition introduces functional components, React hooks, static site generators, and more.

In React Quickly, Second Edition you will learn how to:

• Master React fundamentals
• Implement best practices and the components of good architecture
• Build full web apps with data and routing
• Test components with Jest and the React Testing Library
• Handle data with Redux, GraphQL, and Apollo
• Optimize React apps

Build your skills with React and its ecosystem fast. There’s no slow theory and tedious history. You’ll dive into React code right from the very first chapter. The book teaches you how React thinks, introducing ways of structuring your architecture that even work with large teams. You’ll explore over 100 useful and practical examples that put React into action. This new second edition has been completely rewritten to cover the latest developments in the React framework.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the technology

The React JavaScript library helps developers speedily build reliable and beautiful frontends and user interfaces. Its simple architecture makes it easy to create complex web applications. React’s compartmentalized components can be quickly and easily tested in isolation and composed into a full application. This makes React a perfect choice for anything from quick prototypes to full-scale large websites. And because it’s all JavaScript, React is instantly familiar.

About the book

React Quickly, Second Edition is a practical guide to React for busy web developers. Following over 100 carefully chosen and clearly explained examples, you’ll learn React development using your existing JavaScript and web development skills. This totally rewritten second edition is full of brand new topics, including chapters on functional components, static site generations, and CSS in JS. Plus, you’ll love the new sample projects ranging from an interactive menu to an online bookstore! All examples follow the best practices for web accessibility to make your applications open to everyone.

About the reader

This book is for developers comfortable building web applications with JavaScript.

About the author

Morten Barklund is an independent software developer working as a lead developer in various teams, including an open-source React project funded by Google. Morten studied Computer Science at the Technical University of Denmark and has worked on hundreds of projects during over 20 years as a web developer.

Azat Mardan is a software engineer leader and a university professor with extensive experience using and teaching JavaScript and Node. He’s the author of several books on JavaScript, Node, React, and Express, including the first edition of React Quickly.