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Full-Stack React, TypeScript, and Node
Full-Stack React, TypeScript, and Node

Full-Stack React, TypeScript, and Node: Build cloud-ready web applications using React 17 with Hooks and GraphQL

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Full-Stack React, TypeScript, and Node

Chapter 1: Understanding TypeScript

JavaScript is an enormously popular and powerful language. According to GitHub, it is the most popular language in the world (yes, used even more than Python), and the new features in ES6+ continue to add useful capabilities. However, for large application development, its feature set is considered to be incomplete. This is why TypeScript was created.

In this chapter, we'll learn about the TypeScript language, why it was created, and what value it provides to JavaScript developers. We'll learn about the design philosophy Microsoft used in creating TypeScript and why these design decisions added important support in the language for large application development.

We'll also see how TypeScript enhances and improves upon JavaScript. We'll compare and contrast the JavaScript way of writing code with TypeScript. TypeScript has a wealth of cutting-edge features to benefit developers. Chief among them are static typing and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) capabilities. These features can make for code that is higher quality and easier to maintain.

By the end of this chapter, you will understand some of the limitations of JavaScript that make it difficult to use in large projects. You will also understand how TypeScript fills in some of those gaps and makes writing large, complex applications easier and less prone to error.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • What is TypeScript?
  • Why is TypeScript necessary?
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Key benefits

  • Understand the architecture of React and single-page applications
  • Build a modern Web API for your SPA using Node.js, Express, and GraphQL
  • Gain a clear and practical understanding of how to build a complete full-stack application

Description

React sets the standard for building high-performance client-side web apps. Node.js is a scalable application server that is used in thousands of websites, while GraphQL is becoming the standard way for large websites to provide data and services to their users. Together, these technologies, when reinforced with the capabilities of TypeScript, provide a cutting-edge stack for complete web application development. This book takes a hands-on approach to implementing modern web technologies and the associated methodologies for building full-stack apps. You’ll begin by gaining a strong understanding of TypeScript and how to use it to build high-quality web apps. The chapters that follow delve into client-side development with React using the new Hooks API and Redux. Next, you’ll get to grips with server-side development with Express, including authentication with Redis-based sessions and accessing databases with TypeORM. The book will then show you how to use Apollo GraphQL to build web services for your full-stack app. Later, you’ll learn how to build GraphQL schemas and integrate them with React using Hooks. Finally, you’ll focus on how to deploy your application onto an NGINX server using the AWS cloud. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build and deploy complete high-performance web applications using React, Node, and GraphQL.

What you will learn

  • Discover TypeScript’s most important features and how they can be used to improve code quality and maintainability
  • Understand what React Hooks are and how to build React apps using them
  • Implement state management for your React app using Redux
  • Set up an Express project with TypeScript and GraphQL from scratch
  • Build a fully functional online forum app using React and GraphQL
  • Add authentication to your web app using Redis
  • Save and retrieve data from a Postgres database using TypeORM
  • Configure NGINX on the AWS cloud to deploy and serve your apps

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Publication date : Dec 18, 2020
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Table of Contents

22 Chapters
Preface Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
1. Section 1:Understanding TypeScript and How It Can Improve Your JavaScript Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Chapter 1: Understanding TypeScript Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Chapter 2: Exploring TypeScript Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Chapter 3: Building Better Apps with ES6+ Features Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Section 2: Learning Single-Page Application Development Using React Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Chapter 4: Learning Single-Page Application Concepts and How React Enables Them Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Chapter 5: React Development with Hooks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Chapter 6: Setting Up Our Project Using create-react-app and Testing with Jest Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Chapter 7: Learning Redux and React Router Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Section 3: Understanding Web Service Development Using Express and GraphQL Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Chapter 8: Learning Server-Side Development with Node.js and Express Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
12. Chapter 9: What is GraphQL? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
13. Chapter 10: Setting Up an Express Project with TypeScript and GraphQL Dependencies Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
14. Chapter 11: What We Will Learn – Online Forum Application Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
15. Chapter 12: Building the React Client for Our Online Forum Application Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
16. Chapter 13: Set Up a Session State Using Express and Redis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
17. Chapter 14: Setting Up Postgres and a Repository Layer with TypeORM Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
18. Chapter 15: Adding GraphQL Schema Part I Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
19. Chapter 16: Adding a GraphQL Schema – Part II Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
20. Chapter 17: Deploying an Application to AWS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
21. Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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