Getting Started (React Notes - 1)

My ReactJS learning journey. I take these notes for myself.

Live Server Installation #

Install live server globally on your computer. You won't want to refresh page manually on every change.

npm i -g live-server

Hello React! #

Add ReactJS with CDN links to your new shiny project. We just want to write 'Hello React' on page.

<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>

Create template element.

<div id="root"></div>
// JSX - JavaScript XML
let root = document.getElementById("root");

// JSX Syntax
// let template = <h1>Hello React! First App</h1>

// Compiled Original Syntax
let template = React.createElement(
'h1',
null,
'Hello React! First App'
);

// ReactDOM
ReactDOM.render(template, root);

Babel Installation & Usage #

We need Babel to use modern JavaScript features. Create package.json file. Install cli and presets. Configure babel and run commands.

  1. Create package.json and install babel packages locally.
npm init -y
npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/cli
npm install --save-dev @babel/preset-env
npm install --save-dev @babel/preset-react
  1. Create .babelrc file
{
"presets": ["@babel/preset-env", "@babel/preset-react"]
}
  1. Create Folder Structure
-public
-scripts
-app.js
-index.html
-src
-app.js
  1. package.json Scripts
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
"start": "live-server public",
"babel": "npx babel src/app.js --out-file=public/scripts/app.js --watch"
}
  1. Run commands on Terminal
npm run start
npm run babel

JSX Expressions #

// JSX - JavaScript XML
let root = document.getElementById("root");


let product = {
name: "Huawei P20 Pro",
price: {
value: 5000,
currency: "USD"
},
stock: false
};

function formatPrice(p) {
return p.price.value + ' ' + p.price.currency;
}

let productCard = (
<div>
<h1>Name: {product.name}</h1>
<p>Price: {formatPrice(product)}</p>
<p>Stock: {product.stock ? "VAR" : "YOK"}</p>
</div>
);

// ReactDOM
ReactDOM.render(productCard, root);

Conditional Statements #

// JSX - JavaScript XML
let root = document.getElementById("root");

let product = {
name: "Huawei P20 Pro",
price: {
value: 12000,
currency: "GBP"
},
description: "Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum",
stock: false,
colors: ["red", "green", "blue"]
};

function getDescription(description) {
if(description){
return <p>Description: {description}</p>;
} else{
return 'no desc';
}
};

let productCard = (
<div>
<h1>Name: {product.name}</h1>
{(product.price.value && product.price.value>5000) && <p>Price: {product.price.value}</p>}
<p>Stock: {product.stock ? "VAR" : "YOK"}</p>
{getDescription(product.description)}
{(product.colors.length>0 ? "There are options" : "no options")}
</div>
);

// ReactDOM
ReactDOM.render(productCard, root);

Events & Data Binding #

// JSX - JavaScript XML
let root = document.getElementById("root");

let number = 0;
let btnAddClass = "button-increase";
let btnDecreaseClass = "button-decrease";

let addOne = () => {
number++;
renderApp();
}
let removeOne = () => {
number--;
renderApp();
}

function renderApp() {
let template = (
<div>
<h1>Number: {number}</h1>
<button type="button" id="increase" className={btnAddClass} onClick={addOne}>+1</button>
<button type="button" id="decrease" className={btnDecreaseClass} onClick={removeOne}>-1</button>
</div>
);

ReactDOM.render(template, root);
}

function tick() {
var element = (
<div>
<h2>time is {new Date().toLocaleTimeString()}</h2>
</div>
);

ReactDOM.render(element, root);
}
setInterval(tick, 1000);
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