React workshop

part 1 - introduction

Mateusz Pokora Michał Gutowski Kamil Piotrowski

Binar::apps

Technology stack

NodeJS

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

NPM

npm is the package manager for JavaScript.

  • install project dependencies
  • define and run tasks

Webpack

A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets.

BabelJS

parse ES6 syntax

// module imports
import moment from 'moment';
import _ from 'underscore';
import MyComponent from './MyComponent';

// const - cannot be reassigned
const height = 56;

// Arrow function
const getHeight = () => {
    // Block variable
    let newHeight = height * 2;
    return height;
}

// export function from module
export default getHeight;

BabelJS

parse ES6 syntax

// Object spread
// const card = { name: 'test', title: 'MasterCard', number: '123456789', type: 'debit' };

const = { 
    name, 
    title,
    number,
    type
} = card; 

///////

const myNumber = 54;
const myName = 'Mateusz';

const hash = { myName, myNumber };

ReactJS

It's just library,

not framework

ReactJS

Small reusable components

  • One component per file
  • Increases code readability
  • Components with < 100 lines
  •  JSX <3
  • Simple testing

ReactJS

Virtual DOM

  • Good performance
  • Update real DOM in batch
  • Higher creativity in development

ReactJS

CSS

  • Recommended to write inline CSS
  • CSS features (media, transition, animation) lost
  • Changed syntax for inline CSS

ReactJS

Cons

  • size (~150kb min.)
  • overengineered?

Coding time!

ToEat app

 

  • List of 'toeats'
  • Add toeat
  • Complete toeat
  • Remove toeat
  • Filter list
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