click here!

I rewrite all the demos with ES6, some note here, source code here

If you wanna run the app, you need npm and also webpack. Enter which one you like and

npm install && webpack

then hit the index.html

Help yourself and have fun! :)

Timer

React apps are components. Each component has state(an object with data) and each is in charge of their own rendering - the render method is called whenever the state change. Here is an example for building a simple timer.

getInitialState

This is called before our render function. The object that is returned is assigned to this.state, we can use it via this.state.xxx.

getInitialState () {
  return {
    xxx: xxx,
    yyy: yyy
  };
}

but if you use ES6 class, there is no getInitialState method anymore, we can add it as a property in constructor.

export defalut class Timer extends React.Component {
  constructor (props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      elapsed: 0
    }
  }
}

No Autobinding

no-autobinding

every time you call your method, you should use .bind(this).

componentDidMount () {
  this.timer = setInterval(this.tick.bind(this), 50);
}
tick () {
  this.setState({
    elapsed: new Date() - this.props.start
  });
}

Autobinding

autobinding

you can prebind methods in your constructor.

constructor (props) {
  super(props);
  this.tick = this.tick.bind(this);
}

also you can use the arrow function

tick = () => {
  // ...
}

componentDidMount

componentDidMount is called by react when the component has been rendered on the page.

Actuall, if you are using ES6, the code block of componentDidMount method can be put inside the constructor and you don't need componentDidMount any more.

One difference between the constructor and componentDidMount is that the constructor get called during server rendering too. If the interval gets set on the server, possible many times, then the server will become very busy.

componentWillUnmount

This method is called immediately before the component is removed form the page and destroyed.

Navigation menu

Let's see how we can handle click event in React by building a navigation menu.

Real-time search

check this out

<input type="text" value={this.state.value} onChange={this.handleChange.bind(this)} placeholder="Type here">

Why set value as this.state.value

• you can udate your value when you key presses
• you can set your default value

constructor (props) {
  super(props);
  this.state = {
    value: "your default value"
  };
}

• you can control your component respond

handleChange (e) {
  this.setState({
    value: e.target.value.substr(0, 140)
  });
}

Order form

The real power of React comes when you combine multiple components.

How to communicate betweeen components

Image App with Ajax

This example will demonstrate how you can combine react with jQuery. and how to load results via Ajax

use this this.favoriteClick.bind(this)(id) if you no autobinding your method