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Universal JavaScript with React, Node, and Redux [Video]

By : Maxime Najim
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Universal JavaScript with React, Node, and Redux [Video]

By: Maxime Najim

Overview of this book

The latest trend in web development, Isomorphic JavaScript, allows developers to overcome some of the shortcomings of single page applications by running the same code on the server as well as on the client. Leading this trend is React, which when coupled with Node, allows developers to build JavaScript apps that are much faster and more SEO-friendly than single page applications. Universal JavaScript is the latest evolution in modern web development. It allows developers to overcome some of the shortcomings of single page applications by running the application code interchangeably on the server as well as on the client. This beginner friendly video course is a solid start for building real, production ready universal React apps. The video will Takes you from a beginner to working with node.js and React on the server and the client. It covers the fundamentals of the full set of technologies that you need to know in order to become an Universal JavaScript developer. Teaches you the skills required to become competent and comfortable sharing your JavaScript application on the client and sever environments.
Table of Contents (6 chapters)
Chapter 2
Setting Up an Isomorphic App Development Environment
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Section 3
Configuring Babel and Webpack
In this video, we are going to setup Babel for compiling ES6 and JSX files and use webpack to build our client bundle. - Discuss the evolution of the JavaScript language - Setup a webpack.config.js to output a bundle - Setup babel-loader option to trans pile JSX and es6 syntax