Reactive Programming with JavaScript

Learn the hot new front-end web framework from Facebook: ReactJS, an easy way of developing the V in MVC and a better approach to software engineering in JavaScript

About This Book

• Learn to develop webapps for Facebook’s front-end development using ReactJS
• Use functional reactive programming with ReactJS
• Easyto understand, comprehensive with in-depth coverage of practical examples

Who This Book Is For

If you are proficient with JavaScript and want to know about functional programming, reactive programming, functional reactive programming, and the Facebook approach to functional reactive programming then this book is for you.

This book is also for web/front-end developers who would like webapps to be developed faster and more easily using the ReactJS framework.

Basic knowledge of JavaScript is expected.

What You Will Learn

• Learn functional reactive programming with JavaScript for non-mathematicians
• Experience Facebook’s primary front-end framework, ReactJS
• Using the tools Facebook uses to build a better site in less time
• Create and implement Node.js
• Delve into the development of webapps using ReactJS
• Implementation of FRP ReactJS with live examples

In Detail

Reactive programming is carried out using the building blocks of functional programming. JavaScript libraries such as ReactJS are used for front-end web development that is both competent and powerful. ReactJS is intensively being used to develop webapps for Facebook.

This title is among the first of those addressing how everyday programmers can take advantage of (functional) reactive programming without having an extremely heavy mathematical background. It starts with the basics a front-end developer can easily connect with, while also covering the basics of functional programming. Then it goes on to explain non-functional reactive programming with the help of a live example. After that it gives a theoretical overview of reactive programming supported by functional programming. Tools to make functional reactive programming easier like Bacon.js, a library like jQuery, are also covered. Finally, it finishes with building one small and one larger front-end project.

Style and approach

A rounded and multifaceted approach covers reactive JavaScript with Facebook’s ReactJS. The author’s lively approach makes the book even more engaging. Also, with easy-to-understand examples, readers will learn how to use functional reactive programming with JavaScript.