Learn React with TypeScript 3
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 502 pages
- Publisher: WOW! eBook (November 29, 2018)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1789610257
- ISBN-13: 978-1789610253
eBook Description:
Learn React with TypeScript 3: Start developing modern day component based web apps using React 16, Redux and TypeScript 3 with this easy to follow guide filled with practical examples
React today is one of the most preferred choices for frontend development. Using React with TypeScript enhances development experience and offers a powerful combination to develop high performing web apps. In this book, you’ll learn how to create well structured and reusable react components that are easy to read and maintain by leveraging modern web development techniques.
We will start with learning core TypeScript programming concepts before moving on to building reusable React components. You’ll learn how to ensure all your components are type-safe by leveraging TypeScript’s capabilities, including the latest on Project references, Tuples in rest parameters, and much more. You’ll then be introduced to core features of React such as React Router, managing state with Redux and applying logic in lifecycle methods. Further on, you’ll discover the latest features of React such as hooks and suspense which will enable you to create powerful function-based components. You’ll get to grips with GraphQL web API using Apollo client to make your app more interactive. Finally, you’ll learn how to write robust unit tests for React components using Jest.
- Gain a first-hand experience of TypeScript and its productivity features
- Transpile your TypeScript code into JavaScript for it to run in a browser
- Learn relevant advanced types in TypeScript for creating strongly typed and reusable components.
- Create stateful function-based components that handle lifecycle events using hooks
- Get to know what GraphQL is and how to work with it by executing basic queries to get familiar with the syntax
- Become confident in getting good unit testing coverage on your components using Jest
By the end of the Learn React with TypeScript 3 book, you’ll be well versed with all you need to develop fully featured web apps with React and TypeScript.
