React 18 Design Patterns and Best Practices: Design, build, and deploy production-ready web applications

Dive in and discover how to build awesome React web apps that you can scale and maintain using design patterns and the latest industry insights

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Key Features

Discover and unpack the latest React 18 and Node 19 features in this updated fourth edition
Get up to speed with TypeScript, MonoRepo architecture, and several cutting-edge React tools
Learn from plenty of real-world examples and an improved chapter flow

Book Description

React helps you work smarter, not harder — but to reap the benefits of this popular JavaScript library and its components, you need a straightforward guide that will teach you how to make the most of it.

React 18 Design Patterns and Best Practices will help you use React effectively to make your applications more flexible, easier to maintain, and improve their performance, while giving your workflow a huge boost. With a better organization of topics and knowledge about best practices added to your developer toolbox, the updated fourth edition ensures an enhanced learning experience.

The book is split into three parts; the first will teach you the fundamentals of React patterns, the second will dive into how React works, and the third will focus on real-world applications. All the code samples are updated to the latest version of React and you’ll also find plenty of new additions that explore React 18 and Node 19’s newest features, alongside MonoRepo Architecture and a dedicated chapter on TypeScript.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to efficiently build and deploy real-world React web applications.
What you will learn

Get familiar with the new React 18 and Node 19 features
Explore TypeScript's basic and advanced capabilities
Make components communicate with each other by applying various patterns and techniques
Dive into MonoRepo architecture
Use server-side rendering to make applications load faster
Write a comprehensive set of tests to create robust and maintainable code
Build high-performing applications by styling and optimizing React components

Who this book is for

This book is for web developers who want to master React by learning key design patterns and best practices in real-world application development. You’ll need an intermediate-level experience with React and JavaScript before you get started.
Table of Contents

Taking Your First Steps with React
Introducing TypeScript
Cleaning Up Your Code
Exploring Popular Composition Patterns
Writing Code for the Browser
Making Your Components Look Beautiful
Anti-Patterns to Be Avoided
React Hooks
React Router
React 18 New Features
Managing Data
Server-Side Rendering
Understanding GraphQL with a Real Project
MonoRepo Architecture
Improving the Performance of Your Applications
Testing and Debugging
Deploying to Production