React and React Native – Third Edition by Adam Boduch, Roy Derks

React and React Native, Facebook’s innovative User Interface (UI) libraries, are designed to help you build robust cross-platform web and mobile applications. This updated third edition is improved and updated to cover the latest version of React. The book particularly focuses on the latest developments in the React ecosystem, such as modern Hook implementations, code splitting using lazy components and Suspense, user interface framework components using Material-UI, and Apollo. In terms of React Native, the book has been updated to version 0.62 and demonstrates how to apply native UI components for your existing mobile apps using NativeBase.

You will begin by learning about the essential building blocks of React components. Next, you’ll progress to working with higher-level functionalities in application development, before putting this knowledge to use by developing user interface components for the web and for native platforms. In the concluding chapters, you’ll learn how to bring your application together with a robust data architecture.

By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build React applications for the web and React Native applications for multiple mobile platforms.

What you will learn
Delve into the React architecture, component properties, state, and context
Get to grips with React Hooks for handling functions and components
Implement code splitting in React using lazy components and Suspense
Build robust user interfaces for mobile and desktop apps using Material-UI
Write shared components for Android and iOS mobile apps using React Native
Simplify layout design for React Native apps using NativeBase
Write GraphQL schemas to power web and mobile apps
Implement web and mobile components that are driven by Apollo
Who this book is for
This book is for any JavaScript developer who wants to start learning how to use Facebook’s UI libraries, React and React Native, for mobile and web application development. Although no prior knowledge of React is needed, working knowledge of JavaScript programming will help you understand the concepts covered in the book more effectively.

Table of Contents
Why React?
Rendering with JSX
Component Properties, State, and Context
Getting Started with Hooks
Event Handling – The React Way
Crafting Reusable Components
The React Component Life Cycle
Validating Component Properties
Handling Navigation with Routes
Code Splitting Using Lazy Components and Suspense
Server-Side React Components
User Interface Framework Components
Why React Native?
Kick-Starting React Native Projects
Building Responsive Layouts with Flexbox
Navigating Between Screens
Rendering Item Lists
Showing Progress
Geolocation and Maps
Collecting User Input
Displaying Modal Screens
Responding to User Gestures
Controlling Image Display
Going Offline
Native UI Components Using NativeBase
Handling Application State
Why Apollo?
Building an Apollo React App