React Native in Action gives iOS, Android, and web developers the knowledge and confidence they need to begin building high-quality iOS and Android apps using the React Native framework.
React Native gives mobile and web developers the power of “and.” Write your app once and easily deploy it to iOS and Android and the web. React Native apps compile into platform-specific code, reducing development time, effort, and cost! And because you’re using JavaScript and the React framework, you benefit from a huge ecosystem of tools, expertise, and support.
React Native in Action teaches you to build high-quality cross-platform mobile and web apps. In this hands-on guide, you’ll jump right into building a complete app with the help ofclear, easy-to-follow instructions. As you build your skills, you’ll drill down to more-advanced topics like styling, APIs, animations, data architecture, and more! You’ll also learn how to maximize code reuse without sacrificing native platform look-and-feel.
What’s Inside
In Chapter 1, we will learn what SharePoint is and why we should choose SharePoint
Designer for developing SharePoint sites. Then, we will learn how to install
SharePoint Designer and connect to an existing SharePoint site.
In Chapter 2, we will learn what SharePoint Designer does and how to get the most
out of the interface. We will learn how to arrange the IDE's task panes , and about the
benefts of switching between Design view and Code view. We will also get familiar
with the features discretely tucked away on the Status bar to ensure that our pages
conform to agreed standards and will render correctly in the browsers visitors use.
In Chapter 3, we will learn how to create a new site, add pages to that site, add text
and graphics to our page, and preview the site in our web browser. We will also
learn how to create tables and will learn about the benefts of layout tables. We will
learn to organize our fles and publish our site. We will also learn about the methods
we can use to create a consistent style for our site.
In Chapter 4, we will learn to create new pages that follow a consistent theme
and allow other users to contribute towards our site while still keeping our
styles protected.
In Chapter 5, we will see that SharePoint Designer is more than just a tool to allow
us to design pretty pages. When used properly, it becomes an integral part of a
company's business processes.
In Chapter 6, we will collect data in our SharePoint site and examine the many
methods that SharePoint has for allowing us to display that data.
In Chapter 7, we will discover how easy it is to interrogate a whole range of data
sources and display information from them in our SharePoint site in an attractive
and useful manner.
In Chapter 8, we will learn what Web Parts are and how they can be added to our
site. We will also learn about the benefts of grouping our Web Parts within Web
Part Zones.
In Chapter 9, we will learn about what ASP.NET controls are and which ones are
available to us. We will also see how to implement simple controls, menu controls,
calendar controls, validation controls, and login controls into our pages.
In Chapter 10, we will witness the power of the ready-made tools that SharePoint
makes available to us. We will learn how to use OWA Web Parts to display our
Exchange information in our SharePoint site and will learn about the confguration
changes that are required to do so successfully and how to troubleshoot any error
messages that we may come across.
In Chapter 11, we will learn to use the search capabilities that SharePoint provides for
us. We will also see how to add search forms and results lists to our pages.