JavaScript Everywhere: Building Cross-Platform Applications with GraphQL, React, React Native, and Electron

by Adam D. Scott

JavaScript is the little scripting language that could. Once used chiefly to add interactivity to web browser windows, JavaScript is now a primary building block of powerful and robust applications. In this practical book, new and experienced JavaScript developers will learn how to use this language to create APIs as well as web, mobile, and desktop applications.

Author and engineering leader Adam D. Scott covers technologies such as Node.js, GraphQL, React, React Native, and Electron. Ideal for developers who want to build full stack applications and ambitious web development beginners looking to bootstrap a startup, this book shows you how to create a single CRUD-style application that will work across several platforms.

Explore GraphQL's simple process for querying data
Learn about shared authentication for APIs, web apps, and native applications
Build performant web applications with React and Styled Components
Use React Native to write cross-platform applications for iOS and Android that compile to native code
Learn how to write desktop applications with Electron

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Coding, Technology, Technical

341 pages, Paperback

Published March 17, 2020

About the author

Adam D. Scott is a technical author, living in Connecticut with his wife and three children.

Reviews

[Ivan Koma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great 4-x book, coz some bugs always here, but it's normal for programming books
You can check what i done with that:
https://github.com/Ivan-Corporation/K...

[bimri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gets you up to speed, fast, with React! The singular nature of the project(one app, from beginning to end); shows you how to plug and play with the framework!