Full-Stack React Projects: Learn MERN stack development by building modern web apps using MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js, 2nd Edition

Book Description
Facebook’s React combined with industry-tested, server-side technologies, such as Node, Express, and MongoDB, enables you to develop and deploy robust real-world full-stack web apps. This updated second edition focuses on the latest versions and conventions of the technologies in this stack, along with their new features such as Hooks in React and async/await in JavaScript. The book also explores advanced topics such as implementing real-time bidding, a web-based classroom app, and data visualization in an expense tracking app.

Full-Stack React Projects will take you through the process of preparing the development environment for MERN stack-based web development, creating a basic skeleton app, and extending it to build six different web apps. You’ll build apps for social media, classrooms, media streaming, online marketplaces with real-time bidding, and web-based games with virtual reality features. Throughout the book, you’ll learn how MERN stack web development works, extend its capabilities for complex features, and gain actionable insights into creating MERN-based apps, along with exploring industry best practices to meet the ever-increasing demands of the real world.

By the end of this React book, you’ll be able to build production-ready MERN full-stack apps using advanced tools and techniques in modern web development.

What you will learn
Extend a basic MERN-based application to build a variety of applications
Add real-time communication capabilities with Socket.IO
Implement data visualization features for React applications using Victory
Develop media streaming applications using MongoDB GridFS
Improve SEO for your MERN apps by implementing server-side rendering with data
Implement user authentication and authorization using JSON web tokens
Set up and use React 360 to develop user interfaces with VR capabilities
Make your MERN stack applications reliable and scalable with industry best practices
Who this book is for
This is one of the most useful web development books for JavaScript developers who may have worked with React but have minimal experience in full-stack development with Node, Express, and MongoDB.

Table of Contents
Unleashing React Applications with MERN
Preparing the Development Environment
Building a Backend with MongoDB, Express, and Node
Adding a React Frontend to Complete MERN
Growing the Skeleton into a Social Media Application
Building a Web-Based Classroom Application
Exercising MERN Skills with an Online Marketplace
Extending the Marketplace for Orders and Payments
Adding Real-Time Bidding Capabilities to the Marketplace
Integrating Data Visualization with an Expense Tracking Application
Building a Media Streaming Application
Customizing the Media Player and Improving SEO
Developing a Web-Based VR Game
Making the VR Game Dynamic Using MERN
Following Best Practices and Developing MERN Further