React.js koans

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Post by andrzejkrzywda » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 2:15 PM UTC

Re: React.js koans

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Post by thomasjonas » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 2:53 PM UTC

Nice way to learn React! For me the tasks could be a bit more clear, especially the first time when I was looking for what I had to do. But I'll definitely try to learn some React this way!

Re: React.js koans

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 3:12 PM UTC

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Re: React.js koans

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Post by rickyduck » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 3:35 PM UTC

thomasjonas wrote: post #2

Nice way to learn React! For me the tasks could be a bit more clear, especially the first time when I was looking for what I had to do. But I'll definitely try to learn some React this way!

I think that's why it's called react-koan

Re: React.js koans

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Post by Sir_Cmpwn » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 3:39 PM UTC

I've been itching to learn about React but it's difficult to get into. Thanks for making this, it's very useful to me!

Re: React.js koans

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Post by icpmacdo » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 4:14 PM UTC

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #5

I've been itching to learn about React but it's difficult to get into. Thanks for making this, it's very useful to me!

I decided to move from learning Angular+Ionic last night to going with React.js+React Native and found this good dump of information from Github https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-react

Looking forward to trying this tutorial right now.

Re: React.js koans

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Post by lowboy » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 4:28 PM UTC

I was expecting something very different from the word "koans". IMO, "React.js exercises" would be a better title for the project.

Re: React.js koans

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Post by joshgachnang » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 5:18 PM UTC

icpmacdo wrote: post #6

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #5

I've been itching to learn about React but it's difficult to get into. Thanks for making this, it's very useful to me!

I decided to move from learning Angular+Ionic last night to going with React.js+React Native and found this good dump of information from Github https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-react Looking forward to trying this tutorial right now.

Just curious, why did you make the change? I've been building apps in Angular and Ionic for a bit now and haven't played with React yet.

Re: React.js koans

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Post by eterm » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 5:31 PM UTC

The setup doesn't appear to be working from a windows/mingw32 environment. (Most npm installers do work in this environment.)

Re: React.js koans

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Post by arenaninja » Mon, Jun 29, 2015, 5:35 PM UTC

joshgachnang wrote: post #8

icpmacdo wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I decided to move from learning Angular+Ionic last night to going with React.js+React Native and found this good dump of information from Github https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-react Looking forward to trying this tutorial right now.

Just curious, why did you make the change? I've been building apps in Angular and Ionic for a bit now and haven't played with React yet.

Not the OP but after trying out React, it feels like the way I've always wanted to structure components in JavaScript. I did a once-over of the Angular tutorials and the kitchen-sink approach doesn't really do it for me. React is about your Views, and the logic contained therein, and that's it.

Without virtual DOM considerations on the line, after about a week of it it's very intuitive. The whole component lifecycle thing seems overkill until you realize you have full control over the components. Things are a little trickier if you have to use it as I do (with jQuery), but even then, your biggest hurdle is understanding props vs state -- once that's cleared up, the sky's the limit.