This tutorial will demonstrate how easy it is to use the easybase-react library to implement a stateful, Serverless Database in a new React Project.
React is still one of the most popular front end Javascript libraries around. According to the annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey, React is the most popular front end library for building interfaces and the second most popular web framework overall.
Even more impressive is that its popularity continues to grow year-over-year.
How come React continues to be so popular (and wanted) amongst developers when so many competitors have tried to dethrone it over the past few years?
The full answer to that question can get very technical, so I’ll do my best to make it short and sweet.
First, React’s virtual DOM is fast and efficient. Second, the declarative JSX syntax is easy to learn and features programming patterns that developers find familiar.
These benefits make React ideal for a variety of application types. Furthermore, individuals and small teams continue to choose React for their web apps.
A common requirement for modern web applications is a backend database to serve and query real-time data. The traditional implementation of a backend database can often be quite precarious and cost-ineffective.
Thankfully, over the past five years, serverless technology has come to the forefront of modern application development.
In this context, serverless means that the developer doesn’t have to set up and administer an actual server to host their database and other backend services. Rather, they use a secure provider to host their backend and connect to it directly from the front end application code. No need to worry about scalability and systems.
This application architecture is relatively new, but it’s cost-effective and dramatically increases productivity. These benefits play well to those using React to build modern, production applications. Plus, services like Easybase have created serverless libraries built specifically for stateful React components.
This article will demonstrate how easy it is to use the easybase-react library to implement a stateful, serverless database in a new React project. The below example will be a straightforward note-taking app, but serverless architecture has the potential to streamline all sorts of applications.
Table of Contents:
- How to Initialize React Project & Components
- How to Set Up the Serverless Database
- Mutable Database array
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