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React for the real world: The project-based guide to hooks and SPAs
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ISBN13: 9798289547040
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 24 2025
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.71
Height: 0.91 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 24 2025
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.71
Height: 0.91 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Book Description: React for the Real WorldTired of fragmented tutorials and Hello, World examples? Go from knowing about React to building real-world, production-ready applications you can actually deploy.
React for the Real World is the definitive project-based guide for developers ready to master modern React. This book cuts through the noise and focuses on the practical skills needed to build professional, single-page applications (SPAs) from the ground up. Forget isolated concepts-you will learn by doing, building a complete, feature-rich RateMyMovie application from an empty folder to a live, deployed website.
React for the Real World is the definitive project-based guide for developers ready to master modern React. This book cuts through the noise and focuses on the practical skills needed to build professional, single-page applications (SPAs) from the ground up. Forget isolated concepts-you will learn by doing, building a complete, feature-rich RateMyMovie application from an empty folder to a live, deployed website.
Step-by-step, you will master the entire modern React ecosystem, including:
Core Fundamentals: Learn to think in Components and write clean, declarative UIs with JSX.
State Management: Go from useState to tackling complex state with the Context API and useReducer, solving prop drilling forever.
Side Effects & Data Fetching: Master the useEffect Hook to fetch live data from a real API, complete with professional loading and error handling states.
Client-Side Routing: Build a true SPA with React Router, including dynamic routes for detail pages and programmatic navigation.
Modern Hooks & Patterns: Learn to write your own Custom Hooks (useFetch, useLocalStorage) to create reusable, DRY, and maintainable code.
Performance & Deployment: Optimize your app with React.memo and code-splitting, then deploy it to the world with a zero-config CI/CD pipeline on Vercel/Netlify.
This isn't just a book about what React does; it's a book about how to use it to build the kind of impressive, portfolio-worthy applications that will level up your career.
Tired of fragmented tutorials and Hello, World examples? Go from knowing about React to building real-world, production-ready applications you can actually deploy.
React for the Real World is the definitive project-based guide for developers ready to master modern React.js. This book cuts through the noise and focuses on the practical skills needed to build professional, single-page applications (SPAs) from the ground up. Forget isolated concepts-you will learn by doing, building a complete, feature-rich RateMyMovie application from an empty folder to a live, deployed website.
Step-by-step, this React tutorial will guide you through the entire modern React ecosystem:
Core React Fundamentals: Learn to think in Components and write clean, declarative UIs with JSX.
State Management with Hooks: Master useState for local state and conquer global state management with the Context API and the powerful useReducer Hook, solving prop drilling forever.
API Data Fetching: Learn to handle side effects with the useEffect Hook to fetch live data from a real-world API, complete with professional loading and error handling.
Client-Side Routing with React Router: Build a true SPA with React Router, including dynamic routes (/movie/: id), nested layouts, and programmatic navigation.
Advanced Patterns & Custom Hooks: Elevate your code by creating your own reusable Custom Hooks like useFetch and useLocalStorage to write clean, DRY, and maintainable logic.
Performance & Deployment: Learn to optimize your app with React.memo, useMemo, and code-splitting with React.lazy. Finally, deploy your application to a global audience with a zero-config CI/CD pipeline on Vercel or Netlify.
Stop learning in fragments. Start building for the real world. Grab your copy today and become the confident, job-ready React developer you want to be.
Core Fundamentals: Learn to think in Components and write clean, declarative UIs with JSX.
State Management: Go from useState to tackling complex state with the Context API and useReducer, solving prop drilling forever.
Side Effects & Data Fetching: Master the useEffect Hook to fetch live data from a real API, complete with professional loading and error handling states.
Client-Side Routing: Build a true SPA with React Router, including dynamic routes for detail pages and programmatic navigation.
Modern Hooks & Patterns: Learn to write your own Custom Hooks (useFetch, useLocalStorage) to create reusable, DRY, and maintainable code.
Performance & Deployment: Optimize your app with React.memo and code-splitting, then deploy it to the world with a zero-config CI/CD pipeline on Vercel/Netlify.
This isn't just a book about what React does; it's a book about how to use it to build the kind of impressive, portfolio-worthy applications that will level up your career.
Tired of fragmented tutorials and Hello, World examples? Go from knowing about React to building real-world, production-ready applications you can actually deploy.
React for the Real World is the definitive project-based guide for developers ready to master modern React.js. This book cuts through the noise and focuses on the practical skills needed to build professional, single-page applications (SPAs) from the ground up. Forget isolated concepts-you will learn by doing, building a complete, feature-rich RateMyMovie application from an empty folder to a live, deployed website.
Step-by-step, this React tutorial will guide you through the entire modern React ecosystem:
Core React Fundamentals: Learn to think in Components and write clean, declarative UIs with JSX.
State Management with Hooks: Master useState for local state and conquer global state management with the Context API and the powerful useReducer Hook, solving prop drilling forever.
API Data Fetching: Learn to handle side effects with the useEffect Hook to fetch live data from a real-world API, complete with professional loading and error handling.
Client-Side Routing with React Router: Build a true SPA with React Router, including dynamic routes (/movie/: id), nested layouts, and programmatic navigation.
Advanced Patterns & Custom Hooks: Elevate your code by creating your own reusable Custom Hooks like useFetch and useLocalStorage to write clean, DRY, and maintainable logic.
Performance & Deployment: Learn to optimize your app with React.memo, useMemo, and code-splitting with React.lazy. Finally, deploy your application to a global audience with a zero-config CI/CD pipeline on Vercel or Netlify.
Stop learning in fragments. Start building for the real world. Grab your copy today and become the confident, job-ready React developer you want to be.
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