front matter

 

preface

Get ready for the ultimate love story! Boy meets library and, oh boy, does the library rock! It’s love at first sight and the library is all in. Cue the happy ending because they are going to live happily ever after!

I had been working as a web developer for more than a decade, but I had always felt like there was something missing. I tried my hand at JavaScript, jQuery, and even Angular 1.0, but they just didn’t cut it. Honestly, who wants to write spaghetti code that falls apart six months later?

But then, one day, I stumbled upon React, and it was an instant connection, an undeniable attraction that I couldn’t ignore. From the moment I laid eyes on the library, I knew we were meant to be.

Suddenly, everything made sense. React’s handling of components and data flow was exactly what I’d been searching for. Who knew that coding could be this exciting?

I dove headfirst into learning everything I could about React. I read documentation, watched tutorials, and built projects until my fingers bled. Okay, maybe not literally, but you get the point.

I just couldn’t get enough of this new paradigm. I wanted to rewrite everything I had ever done. Once I really started to understand the deeper design philosophy behind this library, the attraction only grew deeper, becoming a lifelong relationship.

acknowledgments

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Audience

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