Santana Roldan - React cookbook create dynamic web apps with React using Redux, Webpack, Node.js, and GraphQL

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Carlos Santana Roldan is a senior web developer with more than 11 years of experience. Currently, he is working as a React Technical Lead in Disney ABC Television Group. He is the founder of Codejobs.com, one of the most popular developer communities in Latin America, training people in web technologies such as React, Node.js, and JavaScript.

Mayur Tanna is a senior IT consultant working with CIGNEX Datamatics. He has worked on various high-value projects with international clients such as World Bank and the United Nations and played a key role in creating the architecture of those projects using the latest technologies, including React, Angular, Node.js, MongoDB, Spring Boot, Firebase, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform. Mayur is the co-author of the book Serverless Web Applications with React and Firebase. He holds a master's degree in Computer Applications and has trained lot of engineering students through tech workshops. In his free time, he plays table tennis and cricket.

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To the memory of my two grandmothers, Maria Concepcin Carrillo, and Ana Mara Ochoa, t o my mother, Thelma C. Roldn, and my father Francisco Santana, for their sacrifices and for exemplifying the power of determination and dedication.

Nowadays exists tons of JavaScript libraries, frameworks, and tools for Web development. However, we should evaluate each technology to see if it fits for our project requirements. That's why I want to introduce to you React, one of the most powerful libraries to create dynamic UIs. Right now is the most popular library (not a framework) made by Facebook. I have worked with others JS frameworks such as AngularJS (also the new versions Angular 2, 4, 5), Backbone.js, Ember, and Vue.js in different projects but I can tell you that using React I enjoy more to developing new Web applications.

React has changed the way of doing Web applications and combined with Redux, we get a powerful frontend architecture that makes sense not only to experienced developers but also to those who're just starting their frontend journey.

The book introduces all the tools and best practices of React in simple recipes easy to follow, all of the recipes in this book are 100% practical and each one has the necessary code to understand all the important things.

Welcome to a better future and have fun reading and learning from this book.

The book can be used by any developer who has a basic knowledge of building web applications. Mainly for JavaScript developers but not limited to any other type of devs.