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React Projects - Second Edition

By : Roy Derks
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React Projects - Second Edition

By: Roy Derks

Overview of this book

Developed by Facebook, React is a popular library for building impressive user interfaces. React extends its capabilities to mobile platforms using the React Native framework and integrates with popular web and mobile tools to build scalable applications. React Projects is your guide to learning React development by using modern development patterns and integrating React with powerful web tools, such as GraphQL, Expo, and React 360. You'll start building a real-world project right from the first chapter and get hands-on with developing scalable applications as you advance to building more complex projects. Throughout the book, you'll use the latest versions of React and React Native to explore features such as routing, Context, and Hooks on multiple platforms, which will help you build full-stack web and mobile applications efficiently. Finally, you'll get to grips with unit testing with Jest and end-to-end testing with Cypress to build test-driven apps. By the end of this React book, you'll have developed the skills necessary to start building scalable React apps across web and mobile platforms.

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Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Download the example code files
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Conventions used
Get in touch
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1
Chapter 1: Creating a Single-Page Application in React
Chapter 1: Creating a Single-Page Application in React
Project overview
Getting started
Creating a single-page application
Structuring a project
Summary
Further reading
Free Chapter
2
Chapter 2: Creating a Portfolio in React with Reusable Components and Routing
Chapter 2: Creating a Portfolio in React with Reusable Components and Routing
Project overview
Getting started
Creating a portfolio in React
Summary
Further reading
3
Chapter 3: Building a Dynamic Project Management Board
Chapter 3: Building a Dynamic Project Management Board
Project overview
Getting started
Creating a project management board application
Working with custom Hooks
Styling in React with styled-components
Summary
Further reading
4
Chapter 4: Building a Server-Side-Rendered Community Feed Using Next.js
Chapter 4: Building a Server-Side-Rendered Community Feed Using Next.js
Project overview
Getting started
Community feed application
Setting up Next.js
Routing with Next.js
Enabling SSR
Summary
Further reading
5
Chapter 5: Building a Personal Shopping List Application Using Context and Hooks
Chapter 5: Building a Personal Shopping List Application Using Context and Hooks
Project overview
Getting started
Personal shopping list
Mutating Context with Hooks
Mutating data in the Provider
Creating an application Context
Code splitting with React Suspense
Summary
Further reading
6
Chapter 6: Building an Application Exploring TDD Using the React Testing Library and Cypress
Chapter 6: Building an Application Exploring TDD Using the React Testing Library and Cypress
Project overview
Getting started
The hotel review application
Summary
Further reading
7
Chapter 7: Building a Full-Stack E-Commerce Application with Next.js and GraphQL
Chapter 7: Building a Full-Stack E-Commerce Application with Next.js and GraphQL
Project overview
Getting started
Building a full stack e-commerce application with React, Apollo, and GraphQL
Summary
Further reading
8
Chapter 8: Building an Animated Game Using React Native and Expo
Chapter 8: Building an Animated Game Using React Native and Expo
Project overview
Getting started
Creating an animated game application with React Native and Expo
Summary
Further reading
9
Chapter 9: Building a Full-Stack Social Media Application with React Native and Expo
Chapter 9: Building a Full-Stack Social Media Application with React Native and Expo
Project overview
Getting started
Building a full-stack social media application with React Native and Expo
Summary
Further reading
10
Chapter 10: Creating a Virtual Reality Application with React and Three.js
Chapter 10: Creating a Virtual Reality Application with React and Three.js
Project overview
Getting started
Creating a VR application with React and Three.js
Summary
Further reading
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Structuring a project

With the development environment set up, it's time to start creating the single-page application. In the preceding sections, we've already added new directories to the project. But let's recap the current structure of the project, where two of the directories within our project's root directory are important:

  • The first directory is called dist and is where the output from Webpack's bundled version of our application can be found.
  • The second one is called src and includes the source code of our application.

    Note

    Another directory that can be found in the root directory of our project is called node_modules. This is where the source files for every package that we install using npm are placed. It is recommended you don't make any manual changes to files inside this directory.

In the following subsections, we will learn how to structure our React projects. This structure will be used in the rest of the chapters in this...

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