Collection of free React JS books. Download ebooks (pdf, mobi, epub) and read online. Update of June 2018 collection. 7 new books.

Demo image: How To Code in React.js eBook

Author

  • Joe Morgan

Release Date

  • 2021

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How To Code in React.js eBook

This book is an introduction to React that works from the foundations upward. Each chapter takes you a little deeper into the React ecosystem, building on your previous knowledge. Along the way, you’ll learn how to maintain internal state, pass information between parts of an application, and explore different options for styling your application. Whether you are completely new to React or if you’ve worked with it before, this series will be accessible to you. Every chapter is self contained, so you can jump between chapters or skip whole sections.

Demo image: Getting Started with React

Author

  • Chris Sev

Release Date

  • 2021

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Getting Started with React

React is the uber popular JavaScript library that is almost everywhere you look these days. Learning React opens up a whole new way to build front-end experiences like websites, mobile apps, and more. Much has changed since React came out and now is a great time to jump into the React fray. React is mature and has been used across the web in places like Facebook, Instagram, Airbnb, Uber, and much much more. Let's dive in!

Demo image: Exploring Cross-Platform Development with Flutter, React Native, and Xamarin

Author

  • Eric Windmill

Release Date

  • 2020

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Exploring Cross-Platform Development with Flutter, React Native, and Xamarin

Exploring Cross-Platform Mobile Development with Flutter, React Native, and Xamarin is a collection of chapters from three Manning books selected by developer and author Eric Windmill. It gives you a taste of three different cross-platform options—Flutter, React Native, and Xamarin—so you can judge for yourself the advantages each has to offer. With this hands-on guide, you’ll experience building in each of these technologies, learning their features, functionality, and key building concepts. When you’re done, you’ll be in a great position to choose the cross-platform development tool that’s right for you.

Demo image: React Succinctly

Author

  • Samer Buna

Release Date

  • 2019

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React Succinctly

In React Succinctly by Samer Buna, you’ll learn the fundamental concepts of the React library, how the library fits in with modern JavaScript, and how to apply what you learn to create a simple interactive memory game. Buna also provides an interactive, web-based React playground for following along with the book’s code examples and exploring React features on your own.

Demo image: React Native Animation Book

Author

  • Jason Brown

Release Date

  • 2018

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React Native Animation Book

A book talking about react-native animations, and walking you through from beginner to expert.

Demo image: React Book, your beginner guide to React

Author

  • Chris Noring

Release Date

  • 2018

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React Book, your beginner guide to React

Free book on React. Beginner to intermediate.

Book image: React JS Notes for Professionals

Author

  • GoalKicker.com

Release date

  • 2018

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React JS Notes for Professionals

The React JS Notes for Professionals book is compiled from Stack Overflow Documentation, the content is written by the beautiful people at Stack Overflow. Text content is released under Creative Commons BY-SA. See credits at the end of this book whom contributed to the various chapters. Images may be copyright of their respective owners unless otherwise specified. Book created for educational purposes and is not affiliated with React JS group(s), company(s) nor Stack Overflow. All trademarks belong to their respective company owners. 110 pages.

Book image: React Native Notes For Professionals

Author

  • GoalKicker.com

Release date

  • 2018

About the book

React Native Notes For Professionals

The React Native Notes for Professionals book is compiled from Stack Overflow Documentation, the content is written by the beautiful people at Stack Overflow. Text content is released under Creative Commons BY-SA. See credits at the end of this book whom contributed to the various chapters. Images may be copyright of their respective owners unless otherwise specified. Book created for educational purposes and is not affiliated with React Native group(s), company(s) nor Stack Overflow. All trademarks belong to their respective company owners. 91 pages.

Cover book: U&I With React

Author

  • Farhad Ghayour

Release Date

  • 2017

About the book

U&I With React

UI development has undergone a major transformation with modern frontend technologies. This book guides readers from the foundational building blocks of creating well structured interfaces to a list of different philosophies for creating modular, extendable and scalable U&I — UI intended for all developers, like you and I.

Cover book: React.js For The Visual Learner

Author

  • Mike Mangialardi

Release Date

  • 2017

About the book

React.js For The Visual Learner

React.js for the Visual Learner teaches an absolute beginner the absolute basics of React.js through design principles, visual-friendly examples, and super practical teaching methodologies. If you want to learn React.js without the fatigue and frustration, this book is for you.

Cover book: The Road To Learn React

Author

  • Robin Wieruch

Release Date

  • 2017

About the book

The Road To Learn React

A lot of roadmaps exist on how to master React. This book uses the common sense of these roads and weaves it into the implementation of an app. You will build an own React app. On the road you will learn ES6, React with all its basics and advanced concepts and internal state management.

Cover book: React Bits

Author

  • Vasa

Release Date

  • 2017

About the book

React Bits

A compilation of React Patterns, techniques, tips and tricks.

Cover book: SurviveJS - React

Author

  • Juho Vepsäläinen

Release Date

  • 2017

About the book

SurviveJS - React

SurviveJS - React shows you how to build a simple Kanban using React. The idea is that if you can build a simple application, you can probably build something more complex after that. The first application is always the hardest and that's where this book comes in. In addition to fundamental React knowledge, you will pick up design techniques as...

Demo image: React in Patterns

Author

  • Krasimir Tsonev

Release Date

  • 2016

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React in Patterns

A free book that talks about design patterns/techniques used while developing with React.

Demo image: React Native Express

Author

  • Devin Abbott

Release Date

  • 2016

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React Native Express

React Native is a JavaScript framework for building cross-platform apps. This guide covers everything you need to know to start developing React Native apps.

Cover book: Programming React Native

Author

  • Dotan Nahum

Release Date

  • 2016

About the book

Programming React Native

In this book, we aim to build cross-platform mobile apps, for Android and iOS, using React Native. We'll learn what it means to build a robust application architecture that will stay with you regardless of change in the tooling or ecosystem churn (i.e. by the time you finish your app, there might be new tools and new versions of everything)...

Cover book: Hacking With React

Author

  • Paul Hudson

Release Date

  • 2016

About the book

Hacking With React

Get started with React, React Router, Jest, Webpack, ES6 and more with this hands-on guide.

Cover book: React.js Training

Author

  • Rangle.io

Release Date

  • 2016

About the book

React.js Training

This book walks the reader through everything they need to know from getting started with the React toolchain to writing applications with scalable front end architectures.

Cover book: React In-depth: An Exploration Of UI Development

Author

  • James & Aaron

Release Date

  • 2016

About the book

React In-depth: An Exploration Of UI Development

Unlike most intro books, we want to have different goals for our Basics Section. We will dig into the underpinnings of React and look at how to create applications from the bottom up. We feel that understanding the internals of a UI system helps drive development choices. We plan to explore React from this guiding principal.

Cover book: React.js Succinctly

Author

  • Samer Buna

Release Date

  • 2016

About the book

React.js Succinctly

Developed by Facebook engineers, React is a JavaScript library that has revolutionized how developers design and think about views in web applications. It introduced a way for developers to declaratively describe user interfaces, and to model the state of these interfaces instead of the transactions on them. In React.js Succinctly, author Samer Buna introduces the novel approach to building user interfaces that React provides, and walks readers through the basics of declarative user interfaces, React components, working with user input, and more.

Cover book: React Enlightenment

Author

  • Cody Lindley

Release Date

  • 2016

About the book

React Enlightenment

Learn React in the terse cookbook style found with previous Enlightenment titles (i.e., jQuery Enlightenment, JavaScript Enlightenment, DOM Enlightenment).

Cover book: React Native Animation Book

Author

  • Jason Brown

Release Date

  • 2015

About the book

React Native Animation Book

A book talking about react-native animations, and walking you through from beginner to expert.

Cover book: Hello React And TypeScript

Author

  • Charles Bryant

Release Date

  • 2015

About the book

Hello React And TypeScript

This book will hone in on possible integrations of the two in terms of a development environment, coding paradigms and style. The scope is small and this should not be taken as a best practices guide.

Author

  • Michael Chau

Release Date

  • 2015

About the book

React Primer

A primer for building Single-Page Applications with React.