ReactJS by Example - Building Modern Web Applications with React

Building our first component

"So Shawn, we are all set to begin. Let's build our very first React App. Go ahead and add the following code to the JavaScript section of JSBin:"

var App = React.createClass({
  render: function(){
    return(React.createElement("div", null, "Welcome to Adequate, Mike!"));
  }
});

React.render(React.createElement(App), document.body);

"Here it is. You should see the output section of the page showing something similar to the following:"

   Welcome to Adequate, Mike!

"Nice Mike. I see that we are making use of this React object to create classes?"

"That's right. We are creating, what are called as Components in React."

"The entry point to the ReactJS library is the React object. Once the react.js library is included, it is made available ...