SurviveJS - React
Last updated on 2018-03-13
About the Book
Facebook's React powers an increasing amount of sites. There is a good reason for this. It simplifies frontend development greatly.
SurviveJS - React shows you how to build a simple Kanban application based on these technologies. During the process you will learn to:
- Learn to understand the ideas behind React.
- Learn to design component hierarchies as you work on the application.
- Get into the React mindset while learning to think and manage state carefully.
- Style your React application in various emerging ways.
- Implement drag and drop for your application using React DnD.
In addition the Leanpub edition contains exclusive chapters showing you how to:
- Deal with typing in React.
- Test your React application in various ways.
The book assumes you know basics of JavaScript and understand how to use npm.
Most of the book content is available online at survivejs.com. By buying this book you support the development of further content.
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
- What is React?
- What Will You Learn?
- How is This Book Organized?
- What is Kanban?
- Who is This Book for?
- How to Approach the Book?
- Book Versioning
- Extra Material
- Getting Support
- Announcements
- Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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I Getting Started
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1. Introduction to React
- 1.1 What is React?
- 1.2 Virtual DOM
- 1.3 React Renderers
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1.4
React.createElementand JSX - 1.5 Conclusion
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2. Setting Up the Project
- 2.1 Setting Up Node.js and Git
- 2.2 Running the Project
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2.3 Boilerplate npm
scripts - 2.4 Boilerplate Language Features
- 2.5 Conclusion
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3. Implementing a Note Application
- 3.1 Initial Data Model
- 3.2 Rendering Initial Data
- 3.3 Generating the Ids
- 3.4 Adding New Notes to the List
- 3.5 Conclusion
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4. Deleting
Notes-
4.1 Separating
Note -
4.2 Adding a Stub for
onDeleteCallback -
4.3 Communicating Deletion to
App - 4.4 Conclusion
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4.1 Separating
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5. Understanding React Components
- 5.1 Lifecycle Methods
- 5.2 Refs
- 5.3 Custom Properties and Methods
- 5.4 React Component Conventions
- 5.5 Conclusion
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6. Editing
Notes-
6.1 Implementing
Editable -
6.2 Extracting Rendering from
Note -
6.3 Adding
EditableStub -
6.4 Connecting
EditablewithNotes -
6.5 Tracking
NoteeditingState -
6.6 Implementing
Edit - 6.7 On Namespacing Components
- 6.8 Conclusion
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6.1 Implementing
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7. Styling the Notes Application
- 7.1 Styling “Add Note” Button
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7.2 Styling
Notes - 7.3 Styling Individual Notes
- 7.4 Conclusion
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1. Introduction to React
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II Implementing Kanban
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8. React and Flux
- 8.1 Quick Introduction to Redux
- 8.2 Quick Introduction to MobX
- 8.3 Which Data Management Solution to Use?
- 8.4 Introduction to Flux
- 8.5 Porting to Alt
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8.6 Understanding
connect - 8.7 Dispatching in Alt
- 8.8 Conclusion
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9. Implementing
NoteStoreandNoteActions-
9.1 Setting Up a
NoteStore - 9.2 Understanding Actions
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9.3 Setting Up
NoteActions -
9.4 Connecting
NoteActionswithNoteStore -
9.5 Porting
App.addNoteto Flux -
9.6 Porting
App.deleteNoteto Flux -
9.7 Porting
App.activateNoteEditto Flux -
9.8 Porting
App.editNoteto Flux - 9.9 Conclusion
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9.1 Setting Up a
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10. Implementing Persistency over
localStorage-
10.1 Understanding
localStorage -
10.2 Implementing a Wrapper for
localStorage -
10.3 Persisting the Application Using
FinalStore - 10.4 Implementing the Persistency Logic
- 10.5 Connecting Persistency Logic with the Application
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10.6 Cleaning Up
NoteStore - 10.7 Alternative Implementations
- 10.8 Relay?
- 10.9 Conclusion
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10.1 Understanding
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11. Handling Data Dependencies
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11.1 Defining
Lanes -
11.2 Connecting
LaneswithApp -
11.3 Modeling
Lane -
11.4 Making
LanesResponsible ofNotes -
11.5 Extracting
LaneHeaderfromLane - 11.6 Conclusion
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11.1 Defining
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12. Editing Lanes
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12.1 Implementing Editing for
Lanenames -
12.2 Implementing
LaneDeletion - 12.3 Styling Kanban Board
- 12.4 Conclusion
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12.1 Implementing Editing for
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13. Implementing Drag and Drop
- 13.1 Setting Up React DnD
- 13.2 Allowing Notes to Be Dragged
- 13.3 Allowing Notes to Detect Hovered Notes
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13.4 Developing
onMoveAPI forNotes - 13.5 Adding Action and Store Method for Moving
- 13.6 Implementing Note Drag and Drop Logic
- 13.7 Dragging Notes to Empty Lanes
- 13.8 Conclusion
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8. React and Flux
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III Advanced Techniques
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14. Testing React
- 14.1 Levels of Testing
- 14.2 Writing Your First Test
- 14.3 Understanding the Test Setup
- 14.4 Testing Kanban Components
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14.5 Testing
Editable -
14.6 Testing
Note - 14.7 Testing Kanban Stores
- 14.8 Conclusion
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15. Typing with React
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15.1
propTypesanddefaultProps - 15.2 Typing Kanban
- 15.3 Type Checking with Flow
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15.4 Converting
propTypesto Flow Checks - 15.5 Babel Typecheck
- 15.6 TypeScript
- 15.7 Conclusion
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15.1
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16. Styling React
- 16.1 Old School Styling
- 16.2 CSS Methodologies
- 16.3 CSS Processors
- 16.4 React Based Approaches
- 16.5 CSS Modules
- 16.6 Conclusion
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17. Structuring React Projects
- 17.1 Directory per Concept
- 17.2 Directory per Component
- 17.3 Directory per View
- 17.4 Conclusion
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14. Testing React
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Appendices
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Language Features
- Modules
- Classes
- Class Properties and Property Initializers
- Functions
- String Interpolation
- Destructuring
- Object Initializers
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const,let,var - Decorators
- Conclusion
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Understanding Decorators
- Implementing a Logging Decorator
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Implementing
@connect - Decorator Ideas
- Conclusion
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Troubleshooting
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EPEERINVALID - Warning: setState(…): Cannot update during an existing state transition
- Warning: React attempted to reuse markup in a container but the checksum was invalid
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Module parse failed - Project Fails to Compile
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Language Features
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About the Author
I, Juho Vepsäläinen, have been dealing with the web one way or another since the 90s. All hail marquee! I've seen the rise of web and JavaScript in particular. Besides React I have extensive experience in Angular, jQuery and various smaller libraries (mapping, charts, whatnot).
About the Contributors
Jesús Rodríguez Rodríguez is a frontend developer who dedicates his time to moderate the official Angular.js IRC channel and he also gives support there.
He spent some time collaborating with organization like AngularUI and he also write in his blog (http://www.angular-tips.com) all about angular.
He also likes to edit / review books, that also includes writing his own books.
Reader Testimonials
Steve Piercy
SurviveJS connects the dots
SurviveJS connects the dots and fills the gaps left by the latest JavaScript tools and their documentation. With its detailed step-by-step tutorial approach, SurviveJS gives practical examples of code and configuration while providing context for choosing one method over another.
Nick Ostrovsky
Headstart to Webpack and React
This is the most useful book I’ve read this year. Apart from React itself it gives you a headstart into Webpack which is gaining traction as the weapon of choice for deploying Javascript apps and Flux architecture pattern. Well-written, full of annotated code, what’s not to like? Yes, I would recommend it to a friend.
Omar van Galen
Antidote for JavaScript Fatigue
Setting up a cutting-edge frontend development environment with React takes time. What sets SurviveJS apart is that it does not only show you exactly how to do it, it evolves, preventing JS fatigue, hence the name.
Phil Ledgerwood
Helping to get projects up and running
I originally got this book to learn React, but I found quickly that the instruction on Webpack alone was worth the price of admission. I have followed this book's iteration from very early on, and it gets better every time. It is very useful, and to this day I keep going back to it as a good way to get new projects up and running.
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