React Without ES6
React Without ES6
Normally you would define a React component as a plain JavaScript class:
class Greeting extends React.Component { render() { return <h1>Hello, {this.props.name}</h1>; } }
If you don't use ES6 yet, you may use the create-react-class
module instead:
var createReactClass = require('create-react-class'); var Greeting = createReactClass({ render: function() { return <h1>Hello, {this.props.name}</h1>; } });
The API of ES6 classes is similar to createReactClass()
with a few exceptions.
Declaring Default Props
With functions and ES6 classes defaultProps
is defined as a property on the component itself:
class Greeting extends React.Component { // ... } Greeting.defaultProps