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Learning Redux

By : Bugl
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Learning Redux

By: Bugl

Overview of this book

The book starts with a short introduction to the principles and the ecosystem of Redux, then moves on to show how to implement the basic elements of Redux and put them together. Afterward, you are going to learn how to integrate Redux with other frameworks, such as React and Angular. Along the way, you are going to develop a blog application. To practice developing growing applications with Redux, we are going to start from nothing and keep adding features to our application throughout the book. You are going to learn how to integrate and use Redux DevTools to debug applications, and access external APIs with Redux. You are also going to get acquainted with writing tests for all elements of a Redux application. Furthermore, we are going to cover important concepts in web development, such as routing, user authentication, and communication with a backend server After explaining how to use Redux and how powerful its ecosystem can be, the book teaches you how to make your own abstractions on top of Redux, such as higher-order reducers and middleware. By the end of the book, you are going to be able to develop and maintain Redux applications with ease. In addition to learning about Redux, you are going be familiar with its ecosystem, and learn a lot about JavaScript itself, including best practices and patterns.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Building an application with Redux and React

In the previous chapters, you learned how Redux works. In the previous sections, you learned how React works and how to use React with Redux. Now, we will apply our knowledge to build a small blog application with Redux and React. This exercise will show you various problems that you may run into when writing a React/Redux application. We will go through best practice solutions to these problems. In the next chapters, we are going to extend this application with further functionality.

It might be tempting to simply run the code examples attached to this book to see the results. However, I strongly recommend writing the code yourself and trying to solve problems on your own, using the book as a guide. Feel free to extend the application if you have good ideas; it is important to practice the concepts you have learned. There is immense...