React Top-Level API

React Top-Level API

React is the entry point to the React library. If you load React from a <script> tag, these top-level APIs are available on the React global. If you use ES6 with npm, you can write import React from 'react'. If you use ES5 with npm, you can write var React = require('react').

Overview

Components

React components let you split the UI into independent, reusable pieces, and think about each piece in isolation. React components can be defined by subclassing React.Component or React.PureComponent.

• React.Component
• React.PureComponent

If you don't use ES6 classes, you may use the create-react-class module instead. See Using React without E