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React and React Native - Fifth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805127307
Pages 508 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Authors (2):
Mikhail Sakhniuk Mikhail Sakhniuk
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Adam Boduch Adam Boduch
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Table of Contents (33) Chapters

Preface 1. Part I: React
2. Why React? 3. Rendering with JSX 4. Understanding React Components and Hooks 5. Event Handling in the React Way 6. Crafting Reusable Components 7. Type-Checking and Validation with TypeScript 8. Handling Navigation with Routes 9. Code Splitting Using Lazy Components and Suspense 10. User Interface Framework Components 11. High-Performance State Updates 12. Fetching Data from a Server 13. State Management in React 14. Server-Side Rendering 15. Unit Testing in React 16. Part II: React Native
17. Why React Native? 18. React Native under the Hood 19. Kick-Starting React Native Projects 20. Building Responsive Layouts with Flexbox 21. Navigating Between Screens 22. Rendering Item Lists 23. Geolocation and Maps 24. Collecting User Input 25. Responding to User Gestures 26. Showing Progress 27. Displaying Modal Screens 28. Using Animations 29. Controlling Image Display 30. Going Offline 31. Other Books You May Enjoy
32. Index

Exploring React Native CLI tools

To simplify and speed up the development process, we use special command-line tools that install blank projects with application templates, dependencies, and other tools for starting, building, and testing. There are two major CLI approaches we can apply:

  • The React Native CLI
  • The Expo CLI

The React Native CLI is a tool created by Meta. The project is based on the original CLI tool and has three parts: native iOS and Android projects and a React Native JavaScript app. To get started, you will need either Xcode or Android Studio. One of the main advantages of the React Native CLI is its flexibility. You can connect any library with a Native module or directly write code to the native parts. However, all of this requires at least a basic understanding of mobile development.

The Expo CLI is just one part of the big ecosystem for developing React Native apps. Expo is a framework and a platform for universal React applications...

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