# survivejs/react-book

From apprentice to master (CC BY-NC-ND)

Repository: https://github.com/survivejs/react-book
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-book
Homepage: https://survivejs.com/react/introduction/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: javascript, survivejs, react, leanpub, book, book-series, ebook
Last push: 2018-03-13T15:32:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4198, "days_push": 3095, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2004, forks 358 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:04.594977+00:00)

## What it is
SurviveJS - React is a free online book (CC BY-NC-ND) that teaches React by guiding readers through building a Kanban application, with per-chapter source code in the repository. It covers React fundamentals and the surrounding ecosystem, including a Webpack-based development setup.

## Use cases
- learn React from scratch
- build a Kanban app with React
- understand the React ecosystem and tooling
- find tutorial source code per chapter
- get started with component-based frontend development

## When to choose
- you want a structured, project-based React tutorial
- you prefer reading a free ebook with accompanying code
- you are a beginner to intermediate JavaScript developer learning React

## When to avoid
- you need up-to-date coverage of modern React (hooks, server components) since the book dates to ~2018
- you want a reference manual rather than a tutorial
- you need a license permitting commercial redistribution of the content

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, tutorials, education
- platform: -
- tags: react, ebook, book, kanban, webpack, survivejs, leanpub, creative-commons, javascript, web

## Member repositories
- survivejs/react-book (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.594977+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:01:36.926477+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/survivejs/react-book (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.594977+00:00, sha f9988ef2c6f0)
  - homepage: https://survivejs.com/react/introduction/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:45.772840+00:00, sha 0eadeaddb58e)
  - site_page: https://survivejs.com/about-me (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:45.785215+00:00, sha bf0904ac9243)
  - site_page: https://survivejs.com/books/react/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:45.788825+00:00, sha 6543314bb6fb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.