The Road to React: Your journey to master plain yet pragmati

The Road to React: The React.js with Hooks in JavaScript Book (2023 Edition) - is a comprehensive and pragmatic yet concise React with Hooks (+ opt-in TypeScript) book. Purchase of this book includes free online access to the always up-to-date digital book.

What you will learn.

In "The Road to React" you will learn about all the fundamentals of React.js with Hooks while building a full-blown React application step by step. While you create the React application, every chapter will introduce you to a new React key feature. However, there is more than only the fundamentals: The book dives into related topics (e.g. React with TypeScript, Testing, Performance Optimizations) and advanced feature implementations like client- and server-side searching. At the end of the book, you will have a fully working deployed React application.

Is it up to date?

Programming books are usually outdated soon after their release, but since this book is self- published, I can update it as needed whenever a new version of something related to this book gets released.

I am a beginner. Is this book for me?

Yes. The book starts from zero and takes you through the learning experience step by step. Every chapter builds up on the learnings from the previous chapter. In addition, at the end of every chapter, exercises fortify your lessons learned. If you got stuck in a chapter, you will always find a reference URL to the status quo of the actual code.


Core Concepts

Pragmatic: Master React while building a complete application step by step.
Problems Solving: You need to experience a problem first before solving it.
The Why: Readers like how the book answers the Why, not only the How.

Table of Contents

Fundamentals of React

Hello React
Requirements
Setting up a React Project
Meet the React Component
React JSS
Lists in React
Meet another React Component
React Component Instantiation
ReactDOM
React Component Definition (Advanced)
Handler Function in JSX
React Props
React State
Callback Handlers in JSX
Lifting State in React
React Controlled Components
Props Handling (Advanced)
React Side-Effects
React Custom Hooks (Advanced)
React Fragments
Reusable React Component
React Component Composition
Imperative React
Inline Handler in JSX
React Asynchronous Data
React Conditional Rendering
React Advanced State
React Impossible States
Data Fetching with React
Data Re-Fetching in React
Memoized Handler in React (Advanced)
Explicit Data Fetching with React
Third-Party Libraries in React
Async/Await in React (Advanced)
Forms in React
React's Legacy

React Class Components
React Class Components: State
Imperative React
Styling in React

CSS in React
CSS Modules in React
Styled Components in React
SVGs in React
React Maintenance

Performance in React (Advanced)
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