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Full-Stack React, TypeScript, and Node

By : David Choi
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Book Image

Full-Stack React, TypeScript, and Node

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By: David Choi

Overview of this book

React sets the standard for building high-performance client-side web apps. Node.js is a scalable application server that is used in thousands of websites, while GraphQL is becoming the standard way for large websites to provide data and services to their users. Together, these technologies, when reinforced with the capabilities of TypeScript, provide a cutting-edge stack for complete web application development. This book takes a hands-on approach to implementing modern web technologies and the associated methodologies for building full-stack apps. You’ll begin by gaining a strong understanding of TypeScript and how to use it to build high-quality web apps. The chapters that follow delve into client-side development with React using the new Hooks API and Redux. Next, you’ll get to grips with server-side development with Express, including authentication with Redis-based sessions and accessing databases with TypeORM. The book will then show you how to use Apollo GraphQL to build web services for your full-stack app. Later, you’ll learn how to build GraphQL schemas and integrate them with React using Hooks. Finally, you’ll focus on how to deploy your application onto an NGINX server using the AWS cloud. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build and deploy complete high-performance web applications using React, Node, and GraphQL.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Section 1:Understanding TypeScript and How It Can Improve Your JavaScript
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Section 2: Learning Single-Page Application Development Using React
10
Section 3: Understanding Web Service Development Using Express and GraphQL
19
Chapter 16: Adding a GraphQL Schema – Part II

Setting up our Postgres database

In this section, we will install and set up a Postgres database. Relational databases are still very relevant, and these days NoSQL databases are all the rage. However, according to StackOverflow, Postgres continues to be one of the world's most popular databases. Additionally, its performance is world class, beating MongoDB by a significant margin (https://www.enterprisedb.com/news/new-benchmarks-show-postgres-dominating-mongodb-varied-workloads). So, Postgres is what we will be using as our database technology.

Let's install our Postgres database. We will use the installer provided by EDB. EDB is a third-party company that provides tools and services for supporting Postgres:

  1. Go to the URL https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads and select the download for your platform. I will be using version 12.4 for Mac, which is the latest Mac version as of the time of writing.
  2. Accept all the defaults on the...