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Learn React with TypeScript - Second Edition

By : Carl Rippon
4.4 (8)
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Learn React with TypeScript - Second Edition

4.4 (8)
By: Carl Rippon

Overview of this book

Reading, navigating, and debugging a large frontend codebase is a major issue faced by frontend developers. This book is designed to help web developers like you learn about ReactJS and TypeScript, both of which power large-scale apps for many organizations. This second edition of Learn React with TypeScript is updated, enhanced, and improved to cover new features of React 18 including hooks, state management libraries, and features of TypeScript 4. The book will enable you to create well-structured and reusable React components that are easy to read and maintain, leveraging modern design patterns. You’ll be able to ensure that all your components are type-safe, making the most of TypeScript features, including some advanced types. You’ll also learn how to manage complex states using Redux and how to interact with a GraphQL web API. Finally, you’ll discover how to write robust unit tests for React components using Jest. By the end of the book, you’ll be well-equipped to use both React and TypeScript.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction
6
Part 2: App Fundamentals
10
Part 3: Data
14
Part 4: Advanced React

Questions

Answer the following questions to reinforce what you have learned in this chapter:

  1. What is wrong with the following component definition?
    export function important() {
      return <div>This is really important!</div>;
    }
  2. A component with a prop is defined as follows:
    export function Name({ name }) {
      return <div>name</div>;
    }

The value of the prop isn’t output though. What is the problem?

  1. Component props are passed into a component as follows:
    <ContactDetails name="Fred" email="[email protected]" />

The component is then defined as follows:

export function ContactDetails({ firstName, email }) {
  return (
    <div>
      <div>{firstName}</div>
      <div>{email}</div>
    </div>
  );
}

The name Fred isn’t output though. What is the problem?

  1. What is wrong with how the click event is handled in the following JSX:
    <button click={() => console.log("clicked")}>
      Click me
    </button>;
  2. What is the initial value of the loading state defined here?
    const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
  3. What is wrong with how the state is set in the following component?
    export function Agree() {
      const [agree, setAgree] = useState();
      return (
        <button onClick={() => agree = true}>
          Click to agree
        </button>
      );
    }
  4. The following component implements an optional Agree event. What is wrong with this implementation?
    export function Agree({ onAgree }) {
      function handleClick() {
        onAgree();
      }
      return (
        <button onClick={handleClick}>
          Click to agree
        </button>
      );
    }