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ReactJS by Example - Building Modern Web Applications with React

By : Vipul A M
Book Image

ReactJS by Example - Building Modern Web Applications with React

By: Vipul A M

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
ReactJS by Example - Building Modern Web Applications with React
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 4. Composite Dynamic Components and Forms

In the previous chapter, we saw the various life cycle methods of a React component, how the data flows between React components, and how to manage state and props in our React application.

In this chapter, we will focus on multiple dynamic components and building forms using React.

We will cover following points:

  • Multiple dynamic components with interactivity

  • Controlled and uncontrolled components

  • Form elements

  • Form events and handlers

At the end of this chapter, we will be able to create applications containing complex forms using React with an understanding of the dynamic components.

Mike and Shawn are getting ready for their next project. The application is a prototype for an online bookstore where people can buy different books. Shawn is excited to work with Mike again and learn more about React. This project is based on React too.