The easiest way to start hacking on React is using the following JSFiddle Hello World examples:
Download the starter kit to get started.
In the root directory of the starter kit, create a helloworld.html with the following contents.
React <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><script src="build/react.js"></script><script src="build/JSXTransformer.js"></script></head><body><divid="example"></div><script type="text/jsx">React.render(<h1>Hello,world!</h1>,document.getElementById('example'));</script></body></html>The XML syntax inside of JavaScript is called JSX; check out the JSX syntax to learn more about it. In order to translate it to vanilla JavaScript we use <script type="text/jsx"> and include JSXTransformer.js to actually perform the transformation in the browser.
Your React JSX code can live in a separate file. Create the following src/helloworld.js.
React.render(<h1>Hello,world!</h1>,document.getElementById('example'));Then reference it from helloworld.html:
<script type="text/jsx"src="src/helloworld.js"></script>First install the command-line tools (requires npm):
npm install -g react-tools Then, translate your src/helloworld.js file to plain JavaScript:
jsx --watch src/ build/ The file build/helloworld.js is autogenerated whenever you make a change.
React.render(React.createElement('h1',null,'Hello, world!'),document.getElementById('example'));Update your HTML file as below:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Hello React!</title><script src="build/react.js"></script><!-- No need for JSXTransformer! --></head><body><divid="example"></div><script src="build/helloworld.js"></script></body></html>If you want to use React with browserify, webpack, or another CommonJS-compatible module system, just use the react npm package. In addition, the jsx build tool can be integrated into most packaging systems (not just CommonJS) quite easily.
Check out the tutorial and the other examples in the starter kit's examples directory to learn more.
We also have a wiki where the community contributes with workflows, UI-components, routing, data management etc.
Good luck, and welcome!
