Create React App 2 Quick Start Guide: Build React applications faster with Create React App

by Brandon Richey

Overview

Integrate your React applications with React to build efficient web services.

Key Features

• Learn React by building applications with Create React App
  
  


• Create interactive UIs exploring the latest feature of CRA 2.0
  
  


• Build Progressive Web Applications for a more seamless web
  
  

Book Description

If you're a power user and you aren't happy always reusing default configurations, from previous applications with each new application, then all you need is Create React App (CRA), a tool in the React ecosystem designed to help you create boilerplate code for building a web frontend.

This book will help you use CRA to write React programs without significant configuration-related difficulties. With this quick start guide, you will integrate your applications with React to build efficient professional web services.You will learn to design UIs with the features of CRA and template your React applications.

By the end of the book, you will be sufficiently skilled to be able to build faster and effective React apps using CRA.

What you will learn

• Become familiar with React by building applications with Create React App
  
  


• Make your frontend development hassle free
  
  


• Create interactive UIs exploring the latest features of CRA 2
  
  


• Build modern, React projects with, SASS,and progressive web applications
  
  


• Develop proxy backend servers and simulate interaction with a full backend
  
  


• Keep your application fully tested and maintain confidence in your project

Who this book is for

The book is intended for the web developers who want to jump into building great frontend with React using easy templating solutions.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789955668
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	02/27/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	188
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Brandon Richey is software engineer and React enthusiast who has written a large number of popular React tutorials. He has been making professional and hobby programming projects spanning healthcare, personal sites, recruiting, and game development for nearly 20 years! When not programming, Brandon enjoys spending time with his family, playing (and making) video games, and working on his drawings and paintings.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Create React App 2
2. Creating our first Create React App Application
3. Create React App and Babel
4. Keep Your App Healthy with Tests and Jest
5. Applying Modern CSS to Create React App Projects
6. Simulate Your Backend with a Proxy API
7. Building Progressive Web Applications
8. Getting Your App Ready for Production