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Re: Ask HN: Best book to learn ReactJS?

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Post by didgeoridoo » Mon, Mar 06, 2017, 1:23 PM UTC

I've found Stephen Grider's videos on Udemy to be a great resource. Those + "30 Days of React" have been a good combo.

Re: Ask HN: Best book to learn ReactJS?

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Post by hackerboos » Mon, Mar 06, 2017, 1:39 PM UTC

I don't think React has a big enough API to warrant a book. That said grokking the concepts behind Redux does require a bit of assistance.

Dan Abramov's screencasts on EggHead.io do that: https://egghead.io/courses/getting-started-with-redux

Re: Ask HN: Best book to learn ReactJS?

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Post by tedmiston » Mon, Mar 06, 2017, 6:29 PM UTC

It's a video-based web course, not a book, but it's still the best resource I recommend for learning React.

React for Beginners by Wes Bos [1]

[1]: https://reactforbeginners.com/

Re: Ask HN: Best book to learn ReactJS?

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Post by tedmiston » Mon, Mar 06, 2017, 6:31 PM UTC

miguelrochefort wrote: post #3

Do people really buy technical books anymore? Can't you just read the official documentation?

The React docs are good for reference but they don't focus much on offering getting started material or a tutorial for varying audiences at the level of building a full app in React (or React + Redux). The way you combine components and share info across components is really what makes a React app. Personally I don't understand why they don't cover it more, but they have created a nice market opportunity for tutorial content.

Re: Ask HN: Best book to learn ReactJS?

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Post by onurozkan » Tue, Mar 07, 2017, 10:50 AM UTC

Re: Ask HN: Best book to learn ReactJS?

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Post by Kaladin » Tue, Mar 07, 2017, 11:18 AM UTC

rwieruch wrote: post #10

Hands on book to build your first own application in plain React: https://www.robinwieruch.de/the-road-to-learn-react/ - state management - fetching data - interactions like search and sort - pagination - client-side caching - ... 3rd edition will be released soon. 2nd edition was released in January, so it's pretty up to date and will stay up to date.

This was a great book with practical examples.You get to create hacker news clone.I highly recommend it.

Re: Ask HN: Best book to learn ReactJS?

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Post by przeor » Tue, Mar 07, 2017, 7:18 PM UTC

Here is a complete guide with free resources and tutorials to follow: https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-place-to-learn-React-js

... and a free tutorial ReactJS Redux, the Right Way: https://www.ReactJS.co

Re: Ask HN: Best book to learn ReactJS?

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Post by chris_chan_ » Tue, Mar 07, 2017, 7:22 PM UTC

I find that the best way to learn a new language is practice and practice so I recommend https://www.codecademy.com/learn/react-101 for starter and then move on to https://www.udemy.com/react-redux/?couponCode=iea9 to clear up a lot of topics that were vague in the official docs and then more practice... :)