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Our development environment -- API introduction -- A web application with Node and Express -- Our first GraphQL API -- Database -- CRUD operations -- User accounts and authentication -- User actions -- Details -- Deploying our API -- User interfaces and React -- Building a web client with React -- Styling an application -- Working with Apollo client -- Web authentication and state -- Create, read, update, and delete operations -- Deploying a web application -- Desktop applications with Electron -- Integrating an existing web application with Electron -- Electron deployment -- Mobile applications with React Native -- Mobile application shell -- GraphQL and React Native -- Mobile application authentication -- Mobile application distribution

JavaScript is the little scripting language that could. Once used chiefly to add interactivity to web browser windows, JavaScript is now a primary building block of powerful and robust applications. In this practical book, new and experienced JavaScript developers will learn how to use this language to create APIs as well as web, mobile, and desktop applications