React Key Concepts: An in-depth guide to React’s core features, 2nd Edition

React Key Concepts: An in-depth guide to React’s core features, 2nd Edition

English | 2025 | ISBN: 978-1836202271 | 544 Pages | EPUB | 23 MB

Confidently implement React in your next project with this in-depth overview of React’s core features – now updated for React 19.

Key Features

  • Work through clear, concise explanations of core React 19 functionalities
  • Complete practical exercises that challenge you to build your own simple apps
  • Discover fullstack React with Next.js, React Server Components, Suspense, and more

Maximilian Schwarzmüller is a bestselling instructor who has helped more than three million students worldwide learn how to code. His bestselling React video course, “React – The Complete Guide”, has over nine hundred thousand students on Udemy.

Max has written this quick-start reference that distills the core concepts of React. Simple explanations, relevant examples, and step-by-step derivations make this guide the ideal resource for busy developers. In this second edition, Max guides you through changes brought by React 19, including the new use() hook, form actions, and how to think about React on the server.

This book will support you through your next React projects in giving you a behind-the-scenes understanding of the framework – whether you’ve just finished Max’s video course and are looking for a handy reference, or you’re using a variety of other learning materials and need a single study guide to bring everything together.

You’ll find full solutions to all end-of-chapter quizzes and exercises in the book’s GitHub repository.

What you will learn

  • Build modern, user-friendly, and reactive web apps
  • Create components and utilize props to pass data between them
  • Handle events, perform state updates, and manage conditional content
  • Add styles dynamically and conditionally for modern user interfaces
  • Use advanced state management techniques such as React’s Context API
  • Utilize React Router to render different pages for different URLs
  • Understand key best practices and optimization opportunities
  • Learn about React Server Components and Server Actions
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