Journey to React Development
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ISBN: 9789378540226
eISBN: 9789378540547
Authors: Sukesh Marla, Sagar Gavand
Rights: Worldwide
Edition: 2027
Pages: 810
Dimension: 7.5*9.25 Inches
Book Type: Paperback
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- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
React remains the most widely adopted JavaScript library for building modern user interfaces, powering everything from startup MVPs to enterprise-scale applications used by millions. With the industry increasingly demanding practical, production-ready React skills, learning it the right way has never been more important.
This is a comprehensive, project-driven book that takes readers from absolute zero to building real-world React applications with confidence. Structured across five parts, the book covers core fundamentals, such as JSX, components, state, and events, before progressing into hooks, performance optimization, advanced patterns, state management with Redux and Zustand, routing, testing, Next.js, and production best practices. Every concept is taught through working code, real examples, and a style that is technical without being dry.
By the end of this book, readers will be equipped to design, build, and ship production-grade React applications. They will have hands-on experience with the tools and patterns used in modern development teams, a strong grasp of React internals, and the confidence to tackle any React challenge, whether joining a new project, leading a frontend team, or building their own product.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
● Build reusable components with props, state, and hooks.
● Master useEffect, useRef, useReducer, and custom hooks.
● Manage global state with Redux, Zustand, and Context API.
● Handle routing, forms, and validation in real apps.
● Optimize performance with memoization and lazy loading.
● Fetch and cache server data using React Query.
● Test React applications with React Testing Library.
● Build full-stack apps with Next.js Server Components.
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This book is for JavaScript developers, frontend engineers, and full-stack developers at any level, from beginners with no React experience to intermediate developers looking to solidify their skills and experienced engineers aiming to master advanced patterns, performance, and architecture.
1. Understanding React
2. Fundamentals of JSX
3. Event Handling in React
4. Understanding React Build Tools
5. Building with Components
6. Power of State
7. React Fiber
8. Mastering React Forms with useRef and Validation
9. Mastering React Debugging and Error Handling
10. Styling React Components
11. Building a Real-world React Application
12. useEffect and Taming Side Effects
13. Exploring useRef and DOM Magic
14. useReducer and State Machines
15. Legacy Class Components
16. Custom Hooks and Crafting Tools
17. Hook Pitfalls and Survival Patterns
18. Hooks Expedition
19. Memoization Oasis
20. Advanced Component Patterns
21. Concurrent React
22. Suspense, Lazy Loading, and Code Splitting
23. Resilient React, Boundaries, Retries and Recovery
24. UContext Village
25. Redux City
26. Understanding React
27. Redux Saga
28. React Query
29. Alternative State Libraries
30. React Router
31. Choosing Your State Management Tool
32. Escaping Provider Hell
33. Introduction to Next.js
34. Testing React and Entering the Quality Gates
35. Configuring Your React Build
36. Gatekeepers of React Land
37. Stepping Beyond React and Introduction to the MERN World
38. Micro-frontends and Federation District
39. React Best Practices, Tips and Tricks
Sukesh Marla is a corporate trainer, software architect, author, and entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in the IT industry. He is the CEO of Just Compile and founder of Train IT Solutions, where he has delivered 1000+ corporate trainings to 10,000+ professionals across Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Sukesh has worked hands-on across the full stack—.NET, Angular, React, Node.js, AI/ML, microservices, MongoDB, and more—and brings real enterprise project experience into everything he teaches. His trainings are known for being practical, project-driven, and grounded in how software is actually built in the industry.
He is an established author and is a two-time Microsoft MVP (2015, 2016) and CodeProject MVP (2014, 2025). His motto says it best:
As a trainer, I know how to deliver. As a developer, I know what to deliver.
Sagar Gavand is a director at Just Compile, a software engineer, technical trainer, and entrepreneur with nearly a decade of experience in the IT industry. He started his career as a junior software developer and grew through hands-on development, team leadership, and technical training.
As a trainer with a strong developer background, Sagar believes that technology is best taught through real-world experience. His training focuses not only on how a technology works, but also on how developers use it to solve practical problems.
Alongside software development and training, he is involved in building and growing technology initiatives as an entrepreneur. He enjoys simplifying complex technical concepts, sharing what he has learned, and helping developers become better at what they do.
This book brings together his experience from both sides of the journey—building software and teaching others how to build it.