Full-Stack React Projects: Learn MERN stack development by building modern web apps using MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js, 2nd Edition, Edition 2

Shama Hoque

Apr 2020 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

A practical, project-based guide to full-stack JavaScript web development combining the power of React with industry-tested server-side technologiesKey FeaturesBuild your career as a full-stack developer with this practical guideUnderstand how the different aspects of a MERN application come together through a series of practical projectsMaster the MERN stack by building robust social media, E-commerce store, and web-based VR game appsBook Description

Facebook's React combined with industry-tested, server-side technologies, such as Node, Express, and MongoDB, enables you to develop and deploy robust real-world full-stack web apps. This updated second edition focuses on the latest versions and conventions of the technologies in this stack, along with their new features such as Hooks in React and async/await in JavaScript. The book also explores advanced topics such as implementing real-time bidding, a web-based classroom app, and data visualization in an expense tracking app.

Full-Stack React Projects will take you through the process of preparing the development environment for MERN stack-based web development, creating a basic skeleton app, and extending it to build six different web apps. You’ll build apps for social media, classrooms, media streaming, online marketplaces with real-time bidding, and web-based games with virtual reality features. Throughout the book, you’ll learn how MERN stack web development works, extend its capabilities for complex features, and gain actionable insights into creating MERN-based apps, along with exploring industry best practices to meet the ever-increasing demands of the real world.

By the end of this React book, you’ll be able to build production-ready MERN full-stack apps using advanced tools and techniques in modern web development.

What you will learnExtend a basic MERN-based application to build a variety of applicationsAdd real-time communication capabilities with Socket.IOImplement data visualization features for React applications using VictoryDevelop media streaming applications using MongoDB GridFSImprove SEO for your MERN apps by implementing server-side rendering with dataImplement user authentication and authorization using JSON web tokensSet up and use React 360 to develop user interfaces with VR capabilitiesMake your MERN stack applications reliable and scalable with industry best practicesWho this book is for

This is one of the most useful web development books for JavaScript developers who may have worked with React but have minimal experience in full-stack development with Node, Express, and MongoDB.

About the author

Shama Hoque has more than 9 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.