Book Review - Learning React - 2nd Edition by Alex Banks and Eve Porcello

Book Review - Learning React - 2nd Edition by Alex Banks and Eve Porcello

I enjoyed learning from this book but overall I got the feeling that the authors lost steam towards the end and were trying to complete the book in a hurry before the deadline.

The 2nd chapter in this book that deals Javascript basics one needs to know for learning React is extremely good.

Pros

1. Based on latest React framework
2. Very well explained Javascript basics chapter
3. Covers all major parts of learning React
4. Hooks and State management explained very well
5. Suspense which is still experimental has been addressed
6. Code examples are very good

Cons

1. Would have preferred incremental single project approach. To some extent this has been addressed but not completely
2. Many files are missing in the github repo - Socket.io example, GraphQL files, Chapter 10 files, Parallel requests example etc.
3. Code examples should always mention which file they are referring to in github

Overall

A very good book to learn fundamentals of React, State management and Hooks. It can be a supplement to other streams of learning not a single source of learning.

Comments

[Pratik sharma]

I am reading Learning Patterns By Lydia Hallie and Addy Osmani. It is quite a nick book goes through the design pattern in javascript, with code examples.

[Vidya]

Thank you. Checking it out now.