README.md

React/Redux Links

Curated tutorial and resource links I've collected on React, Redux, ES6, and more, meant to be a collection of high-quality articles and resources for someone who wants to learn about the React-Redux ecosystem. Not quite "awesome", but hopefully useful as a starting point I can give to others. Suggestions welcome.

Table of Contents

Basic Tutorials and Project Setup

• React Tutorials
• Git Resources and Tutorials
• Node.js and NPM
• Webpack Tutorials
• Boilerplates and Starter Kits

In-Depth Concepts - ES6, Flux/Redux, and Immutable Data

• ES6 Features and Samples
• Using React with ES6
• Flux Tutorials
• Redux Tutorials
• Immutable Data concepts
• React/Redux Testing
• React Performance

Guidelines, Comparisons, and Discussion

• Thinking in React and Flux
• Tips, Guidelines, and Best Practices
• React/Flux/Redux Pros, Cons, and Discussion
• React and Flux vs Backbone

Best of the Best / Suggested Reading List

All of the links in this collection are worth reading, but there's obviously a LOT of them. Here's a "best-of" list to get you started:

• React How-To
  https://github.com/petehunt/react-howto Pete Hunt, one of React's creators, gives a high-level suggested order to use when learning React-related technologies (React, NPM, bundlers, ES6, routing, and Flux/Redux)

• ES6 - The Bits You'll Actually Use
  http://jamesknelson.com/es6-the-bits-youll-actually-use/
  A quick tour through some of the more useful features in ES6

• ES6 Features Comparison
  http://es6-features.org/
  Code snippets comparing ES6 features with their ES5 equivalents

• Webpack - The Module Bundler
  http://alp82.github.io/webpack-experiment-slides/#/
  HTML slideshow that describes Webpack's features and links to demos

• React to the Future
  http://elijahmanor.com/talks/react-to-the-future/dist/#/
  A fantastic HTML slideshow describing what React is, what makes it special, and how to work with it

• Relieving Backbone Pain with Flux & React
  http://product.hubspot.com/blog/moving-backbone-to-flux-react
  A fantastic video that walks through common problems with using Backbone, and how React can help solve those

• Components, React, and Flux
  http://slides.com/danabramov/components-react-flux-wip#/
  A fantastic HTML slideshow that discusses how to organize code as reusable components, and the basic concepts and benefits of a Flux unidirectional architecture

• Reactive, Component-Based UIs
  http://banderson.github.io/reactive-component-ui-presentation/#/
  Another fantastic HTML slideshow describing the three principles of React: "functional over OOP", "stateless over stateful", "clarity over brevity" (use arrow keys to advance slides)

• Redux Docs
  http://redux.js.org/index.html
  The official Redux documentation. FANTASTIC writing - not just "here's the API", but "here's what you want to do and how we came up with this"

• Managing Data Flow on the Client Side
  http://blog.madewithlove.be/post/redux/
  Walks through a small Redux example, and talks about the benefits

• Pros and Cons of Using Immutability With React
  http://reactkungfu.com/2015/08/pros-and-cons-of-using-immutability-with-react-js/
  Excellent description of what immutability is, how to use it with React, and pros and cons of using it

• React Best Practices and Tips
  http://www.toptal.com/react/tips-and-practices
  Several excellent guidelines for component structure and behavior

• Redux Best Practices
  https://medium.com/lexical-labs-engineering/redux-best-practices-64d59775802e
  Guidelines for tools, component structure, file layout, and async data handling