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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

Analyzing thread management

Every post on the site can be considered the beginning of a thread; that is to say, the initial thread posting kicks off a discussion on a topic and creates a chain of responses. So, our application needs to be able to allow a user to start the discussion by adding the initial thread post. This post would then be viewable to all users and they can respond to it. Each thread item, including the initial post, will be uniquely identified to the user that made the post. So, in order to create this functionality, we will need the following features:

  • Topic thread posting and editing

    This feature will, of course, include the ability to be viewed by anyone, as well as adding and editing topic posts by an author. Users will also be able to see all their posts from their UserProfile screen.

  • Responding to a thread topic

    This feature will include the ability for the topic-starting user and other users to respond to a topic post with their own comments. It...