Books

A practical guide to designing scalable and maintainable frontends. Learn how to think beyond components, model data effectively, shape APIs around real access patterns, and apply modern techniques like pagination, caching, virtualization, and real-time updates. Perfect for engineers preparing for system design interviews or leveling up in complex frontend projects.

In this book, you'll uncover strategies that industry professionals use to build scalable, performant, and maintainable React applications, all without becoming overwhelmed by complexity.

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Build Jamstack web app with Next.js and Wagtail CMS.

Learn how to build React apps using outside-in test-driven development, including end-to-end tests with Cypress and unit tests with Jest and React Testing Library. Includes an extended exercise building two application features. See how outside-in TDD leads to a thorough test suite, better regression safety, and a faster development speed.

"Advanced Data Fetching Patterns in React" is your essential guide to mastering the art of efficient data fetching in React. Discover innovative strategies and the latest features to elevate your React applications, transforming them into models of performance and efficiency. Dive in and reshape the way you handle data in your React projects!

Struggling with messy React code? This book shows you how to refactor with confidence using real-world examples and timeless design principles—so your code stays clean, readable, and easy to change. Perfect for developers who want to level up their frontend craft.

How do I manage a large state in production? Why do I need store enhancers? How do I test middleware?Get the answers to all these questions and many more using simple terms and sample code. Learn everything you need to use Redux to build complex and production-ready web applications.

The "It Works on My Machine" Excuse Ends Today. Understand Docker. Ship with Confidence. Own Production. This book is written for front-end developers who are tired of using Docker without truly understanding it. Instead of abstract theory or backend-centric explanations, it teaches Docker in a clear, practical way—aligned with how front-end engineers think and how real front-end applications are built and shipped.You’ll work with a real GitHub repository, follow real production workflows, and learn how to build, run, and deploy a React.js application using Docker—ending with a full deployment to Amazon EC2. Every step is explained with purpose, so you understand not just what to do, but why it works.By the end of the book, Docker will no longer feel like a black box. You’ll know how to create reliable builds, debug problems with confidence, and take ownership of your production environment as a front-end developer.If you want to stop guessing, stop copying commands, and finally ship front-end applications with confidence—this book is for you.

The era of static web development is over—master the physics of Streaming and React Server Components (RSC) to stay ahead. Go beyond text generation and teach your AI to stream interactive, dynamic UI components directly to your users. This is your TypeScript-first blueprint for building latency-optimized, multimodal AI applications using the modern Next.js stack. Stop building chatbots; start building Generative UI.

Prepare for Full Stack Developer interviews with this practical Q&A guide. Covering frontend, backend, databases, APIs, and basic system design, this book helps beginners and intermediate learners understand concepts clearly. Learn, practice, and gain confidence for your next tech interview.

Discover the coding guidebook that teaches you software development visually. If you’ve ever wished programming concepts came with pictures instead of walls of text, this is the book you’ve been waiting for. It shows you the essentials through images so you can learn faster and remember more. Printed copies are also available on Amazon.

This book is your ultimate roadmap to modern React.js interviews and standing out from the crowd.Built on 350+ real interview insights, it covers the exact topics top companies test—from security, accessibility, and performance to TypeScript, architecture, and deployment—so you can master every question with confidence and land the role you deserve.

Tired of React runtime errors despite TypeScript? Elm guarantees zero runtime exceptions—if it compiles, it works. This practical guide shows React developers how Elm's strict functional programming approach eliminates entire classes of bugs while teaching you real FP concepts that transfer to any language. Learn the pattern that inspired Redux, discover compile-time safety that catches errors TypeScript misses, and see side-by-side code comparisons from a production codebase with 125,000+ lines of Elm. Your React knowledge is your advantage—this book meets you where you are. Why this book exists: Christian believes Elm is the fastest and most effective way for developers to truly learn functional programming—not watered-down FP patterns, but real, uncompromising functional thinking. Whether you adopt Elm professionally or not, learning it will make you a better developer in any language. This book is his way of sharing that insight with React developers who are ready to level up.

Ready to finally master React without the overwhelm? Code React Sweetly is the beginner-friendly, hands-on guide that takes you from zero to confidently building and deploying real-world React applications. Learn JSX, components, props, state, hooks, forms, styling, and routing step by step—all while creating practical projects you can actually use. No endless theory. No tutorial hell. Just clear explanations, real code, and a shopping cart app that ties it all together. By the end, you’ll honestly think like a React developer. ? Build. Style. Deploy. Repeat. Start your React journey now! Printed copies of this book are also available on Amazon.