React.js Essentials

Chapter 1, Installing Powerful Tools for Your Project, outlines the goal of this book and explains what modern tools you need to install in order to build React applications efficiently. It introduces each tool and provides step-by-step instructions on how to install each of them. Then, it creates a structure for the project that we'll be building in this book. Chapter 2, Create Your First React Element, explains how to install React and introduces virtual DOM. Then, it explains what React Element is and how to create and render one with native JavaScript syntax. Finally, it introduces the JSX syntax and shows how to create React Elements using JSX. Chapter 3, Create Your First React Component, introduces React components. It explains the difference between stateless and stateful React components and how to decide which one to use. Then, it guides you through the process of creating both kinds. Chapter 4, Make Your React Components Reactive, explains how to solve a problem with React and walks you through the process of planning your React application. It creates a React component that encapsulates the entire React application that we build in this book. It explains the relationship between parent and child React components. Chapter 5, Use Your React Components with Another Library, explores how to use third-party JavaScript libraries with your React components. It introduces React one with native JavaScript syntax. Finally, it introduces the JSX syntax and shows how to create React Elements using JSX. Chapter 3, Create Your First React Component, introduces React components. It explains the difference between stateless and stateful React components and how to decide which one to use. Then, it guides you through the process of creating both kinds. Chapter 4, Make Your React Components Reactive, explains how to solve a problem with React and walks you through the process of planning your React application. It creates a React component that encapsulates the entire React application that we build in this book. It explains the relationship between parent and child React components. Chapter 5, Use Your React Components with Another Library, explores how to use third-party JavaScript libraries with your React components. It introduces React