Beginning React

Developed by Facebook, React is one of the leading frameworks to build efficient web user interfaces. You use small manageable components to build large-sale, data-driven websites without page reloads. No more wasting time hunting for DOM nodes!In this book, we take you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to master React from a web development point of view. You'll start building React apps within minutes. Every section is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point as I don't want to waste your time (and most certainly mine) on the content you don't need. In the end, you will have what it takes to develop a real-life app.About the ReaderThis book is for developers with basic familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript and object-oriented programming. No React experience needed.About the AuthorGreg Lim is a technologist and author of several programming books. Greg has many years in teaching programming in tertiary institutions and he places special emphasis on learning by doing.Table of ContentsIntroductionCreating and Using ComponentsBindings, Props, State and EventsWorking with ComponentsConditional RenderingBuilding Forms using FormikGetting Data From RESTful APIs with AxiosRoutingC.R.U.D. with Firebase