Donald Pham
Toronto, Canada

"I use various online resources like udemy.com and acloud.guru for eLearning, but this book is the best thus far to get one up to speed with the necessary skill sets to immediately run a web application."

Earl Lee
Washington, D.C.

"As a former engineer turned PM that's a few years removed from writing code, Builder Book has been a quick and convenient way to brush up on full-stack development and learn React for a side project."

Sam Reaves
Atlanta, GA

"I often use Udemy for learning specific technologies, but ended up using Builder Book after being impressed with their brochure site being the actual project you build. The up to date, step by step instructions with Github made creating the app a breeze."

Rick Hallett
United Kingdom

"Some of the code is challenging for a junior, but being stretched is a good experience. The authors have been particularly receptive to open-source issues and pull-requests; this latter point has made my experience a very worthwhile one. Strongly recommended to those going from junior to middleweight JavaScript developers."

Saul Ocampo
Chicago, IL

"Amazing book to expand your knowledge of building a full stack application. It connected many of the dots I was experiencing when building my own apps. I now see the power of Next and look forward to building further applications."

Noel Cutler
London, UK

"I completed a Girls First Coding Course where I learned HTML, CSS, and Javascript to build a basic website. I've wanted to build a web app next, and this book is a great guide to do so."

Peter Tahinduka
Uganda

"I had a job interview, and the required frameworks were ExpressJS and React. Through some googling, I landed on this project. I have never been more optimistic about a career as a JavaScript programmer...thanks to Builderbook and the team that put this together.."

Salie Lie
Singapore

"This book is by far the best I've found on the MERN stack. It also covers testing. Very comprehensive book with explanations so that you actually understand what the code does."

Kamil Latosiński
Warsaw, Poland

"Everyone knows the meme 'if the authors of computer programming books wrote arithmetic books'. This book is very different. It's not another to-do list but a comprehensive guide of how to build a real-life application. I haven't found a better resource (and trust me, I have tried a lot)."

Ej Cruz
San Francisco, CA

"I'm going through tutorials from uDemy, Lynda, codeacademy, and my local community college. Though things do stick, a full scope is still kind of shaky. This book is something I've been needing!"

Thierry Michel
Liège, Belgium

"The way this book breaks things down into steps and explains each chunk of code individually before putting it all together is really helpful. A good example is how they explain why material-ui does not work by default with server-side rendering, how we need to inject the styles and subsequently remove the server-side styles."

Nicola Niro
Malta

"I really like how the book explains everything and in depth, even JavaScript stuff, without leaving anything for granted. Do you have a book for the saas boilerplate as well?."

Josh Horwitz
Ann Arbor, MI

"I don't have a lot of experience with server-side rendered React, and Builder Book has taught me a lot about it in a short amount of time. I also never worked with Next.js, and this book has proved an invaluable resource."

Yuri Gor
Warsaw, Poland

"Material-UI + Next.js + NoSQL DB - it's exactly what I was trying to build by myself. Finally I found this blueprint project at github. I hope I will evolve the project into my own idea, in production! I highly recommend this book: it keeps good balance between detailed explanations and focus on the target, so you will not lose much time nor something important."

Dion Pettaway
Columbia, SC

"As I'm someone who prefers reading to videos, I was hoping this book would be thorough and in depth. Happy to see that it was. I really like the explanations. It definitely solidified a few implementation things I never had a perfect grasp on (lightbulb moment for HOC even though I technically use them)."

Derek Hammitt
Chicago, IL

"I'm in the exact place your book describes - feeling more and more comfortable with HTML/CSS/JavaScript, just getting started with React, building an API with Express, and struggling through my first full application. I've leaned Node and Express' docs, and MDN's Express tutorials. Your book is an awesome complement to those resources."

Stanley Festus
Helsinki, Finland

"What I like most about this book is that everything is explained in a way that I know what every line of code is doing. Most tutorials assume too much, and readers tend to lose track at some point."

Cherian Porter
Houston, TX

"I love that this book is so straightforward. It's also very helpful with screenshots! I have the basics down and can see that this book is my next step in learning web development."

Quan Vu
New York, NY

"I’m currently a college senior, and I'm planning to join a web development team for a full-time position after graduation. So this book is a great resource for that purpose."

Conor Brady
Dublin, Ireland

"It's a fantastic book that really gives you the opportunity to learn how to create a full application while going through the instrinic details as if they were separate applications."

Lily Barrett
Boston, MA

"I love the matter-of-fact, unpretentious tone of this book and the fact that an actual, tangible project (rather than just a “Hello World” website) awaits us at the end."

Massimiliano Bertinetti
Turin, Italy

"This book teaches you to develop a professional project from start to end, with good references and a real product (the site for the book is the web app you develop). Really a good job!"

Svitlana Shepitsena
Chicago, IL

"A clear explanation, possibility to see a result of your work step by step and finally get a real full-stack application makes programming a real joy. And the most important, this book pays special attention to a server-side rendering."

Julian Mayorga
Mendoza, Argentina

"Builderbook is awesome. I love the fact that it goes beyond just building simple demos. It teaches you to build production apps. You learn to build the app that you use to read the book."

Justin Collier
Lincoln, NE

"I was looking for help with getting started using Next + Jest and I found this book's instructions very easy to digest and use."

Rocio Roman
Los Angeles, CA

"As a student studying computer science, most of what we learn is theoretical. This book is the perfect guide to learn more about back-end, front-end, and how they all connect to make a responsive web app."

Fabrizio Filippini
Kansas City, MO

"I was looking to get into front-end and back-end development and this book gave me the perfect project to touch all aspects of web development. Great one-stop-shop learning tool!"

Kevin Gómez
Medellin, Colombia

"There are tons of resources to learn React + Node, but none are like Builder Book. It's one of the best online resources to invest your money. You'll learn all you need to set up your React project following the 'learn by doing' principle."

Suresh Swamy
Wellington, New Zealand

"For those who want to build a complete, full-stack project using the MERN stack, this is a great resource. Particularly, the authentication using promise was highly useful."

Taylor Cox
Tampa, FL

"While I went to a code boot camp, I don't have the opportunity to use more than HTML and CSS at work. This book helps me expand into new technologies and establish myself as not just a designer but a developer."

Owen Caulfield
Cardiff, CA

"Awesome full-stack tutorial that goes deep in-depth on a number of topics- this one stands above the crowd."

Lester Infiesto
Central Visayas, Philippines

"Many online sources teach you to build things on a narrow vision, but this book gives you an excellent view of what you're actually building. Very helpful for developers of all levels."