Full-Stack React Projects: Modern web development using React 16, Node, Express, and MongoDB

Name: Full-Stack React Projects: Modern web development using React 16, Node, Express, and MongoDB
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Shama Hoque

May 2018 · Packt Publishing Ltd

3.5

2 reviews

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Unleash the power of MERN stack by building diverse web applications using React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDBKey Features

Create dynamic web applications with the MERN stack
Leverage the power of React in building interactive and complex user interfaces
Unlock the potential of Node, Express, and MongoDB to build modern full-stack applications

Book Description

The benefits of using a full JavaScript stack for web development are undeniable, especially when robust and widely adopted technologies such as React, Node, and Express and are available. Combining the power of React with industry-tested, server-side technologies, such as Node, Express, and MongoDB, creates a diverse array of possibilities when developing real-world web applications.

This book guides you through preparing the development environment for MERN stack-based web development, to creating a basic skeleton application and extending it to build four different web applications. These applications include a social media, an online marketplace, a media streaming, and a web-based game application with virtual reality features.

While learning to set up the stack and developing a diverse range of applications with this book, you will grasp the inner workings of the MERN stack, extend its capabilities for complex features, and gain actionable knowledge of how to prepare MERN-based applications to meet the growing demands of real-world web applications.

What you will learn

Set up your development environment and develop a MERN application
Implement user authentication and authorization using JSON Web Tokens
Build a social media application by extending the basic MERN application
Create an online marketplace application with shopping cart and Stripe payments
Develop a media streaming application using MongoDB GridFS
Implement server-side rendering with data to improve SEO
Set up and use React 360 to develop user interfaces with VR capabilities
Learn industry best practices to make MERN stack applications reliable and scalable

Who this book is for

Full-Stack React Web Development Projects is for JavaScript developers who have some experience with React, but no previous experience with full-stack development involving Node, Express, and MongoDB, and who want practical guidelines to start building different types of real-world web applications with this stack.

Ratings and reviews

3.5

2 reviews

Michael Vittiglio

July 26, 2019

Not for the timid. If you're new to development (especially web development) then this book isn't for you. Being a relatively newer book (only a year old), much of what you'll read in here is applicable. However, realize that (especially with regards to React) much of what's in this book will only work with the versions prescribed in the examples. For example, if you pull up the repo with the sample code it will still work as expected. However, try to update to the latest "material-ui" and watch everything start to crumble before your eyes. No big deal for dragon slayers, the seasoned, and the masochistic but a neophyte will lose their mind. Finally, a good deal of the book is "answers" so it's imperative that the reader be willing to ask, "what is that I was just told to type?" and find the answers online for themselves for further explanation; this is likely something EVERY technical book in the modern day shares to this book's credit. Chapter's 2-4 are critical foundations which should take up 80% of your time really cementing in your head (and better still, trying to update to modern versions) before moving on to the fun stuff in the chapters that follow.

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About the author

Shama Hoque has 8 years of experience as a software developer and mentor, with a master’s in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. From Java programming to full-stack development with JavaScript, the applications she has worked on include national Olympiad registration websites, universally accessible widgets, video conferencing apps, and medical 3D reconstruction software. Currently, she makes web-based prototypes for R&D start-ups in California, while training aspiring software engineers and teaching web development to CS undergrads in Bangladesh.

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