Mastering React: A Beginner's Guide

Mastering React helps the reader master the React JavaScript framework for faster and robust frontend development.

React is a JavaScript framework for creating interface design that is coherent, cheap, and customizable. It makes it possible to create complicated user interfaces out of modules, which are small, independent pieces of code. The primary goal of using React is to create visual interfaces easier.

React was developed by the folks at Facebook and released to the public in 2013, and it powers some of the most popular apps, including Facebook and Instagram. It uses virtual DOM (JavaScript Document Object Model), which increases the application's performance. The virtualized DOM in JavaScript is speedier than the conventional DOM. React can be used both as a standalone framework as well as in conjunction with other platforms. It employs component and data patterns to improve clarity while also assisting in maintaining larger applications.

Because it is component-based, React saves you time and money during development. The design can be segmented into reusable modules that could be used to adjust interfaces dynamically.

The front-end development industry has a reputation for moving at a breakneck speed. Organizations cannot be expected to modify their apps annually to catch pace with technological innovations. This is why businesses prefer React.

React simplifies many things, and its ecosystem is full of valuable sub-frameworks and tools. React is among the most powerful frontend frameworks out there, and as such, learning React development can future-proof anyone's career in the long run, and even yield immediate benefits. This particular book explains the concepts of React in an easy to grasp language.

With Mastering React, learning React becomes a charm, and will help readers undoubtedly advance their careers.

About the Series

The Mastering Computer Science covers a wide range of topics, spanning programming languages as well as modern-day technologies and frameworks. The series has a special focus on beginner-level content, and is presented in an easy to understand manner, comprising:

• Crystal-clear text, spanning various topics sorted by relevance,
• Special focus on practical exercises, with numerous code samples and programs,
• A guided approach to programming, with step by step tutorials for the absolute beginners,
• Keen emphasis on real-world utility of skills, thereby cutting the redundant and seldom-used concepts and focusing instead of industry-prevalent coding paradigm,
• A wide range of references and resources, to help both beginner and intermediate-level developers gain the most out of the books.

Mastering Computer Science series of books start from the core concepts, and then quickly move on to industry-standard coding practices, to help learners gain efficient and crucial skills in as little time as possible. The books assume no prior knowledge of coding, so even the absolute newbie coders can benefit from this series.

Mastering Computer Science series is edited by Sufyan bin Uzayr, a writer and educator with over a decade of experience in the computing field.