React 17 Design Patterns and Best Practices

Book excerpt: Build scalable, maintainable, and powerful React web apps with design patterns and insightful best practices Key Features Make the most of design patterns in React – including render props and controlled and uncontrolled inputs Master React Hooks with the help of this updated third edition Work through examples that can be used to create reusable code and extensible designs Book DescriptionFilled with useful React patterns that you can use in your projects straight away, this book will help you save time and build better web applications with ease. React 17 Design Patterns and Best Practices is a hands-on guide for those who want to take their coding skills to a new level. You’ll spend most of your time working your way through the principles of writing maintainable and clean code, but you’ll also gain a deeper insight into the inner workings of React. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll learn how to build components that are reusable across the application, how to structure applications, and create forms that actually work. Then you’ll build on your knowledge by exploring how to style React components and optimize them to make applications faster and more responsive. Once you’ve mastered the rest, you’ll learn how to write tests effectively and how to contribute to React and its ecosystem. By the end of this book, you'll be able to avoid the process of trial and error and developmental headaches. Instead, you’ll be able to use your new skills to efficiently build and deploy real-world React web applications you can be proud of.What you will learn Get to grips with the techniques of styling and optimizing React components Create components using the new React Hooks Use server-side rendering to make applications load faster Get up to speed with the new React Suspense technique and using GraphQL in your projects Write a comprehensive set of tests to create robust and maintainable code Build high-performing applications by optimizing components Who this book is for This book is for web developers who want to understand React better and apply it to real-life app development. You’ll need an intermediate-level experience with React and JavaScript before you get started.