Ridiculously Simple React.js Forms – Without Flux, ES6, JSX, Libraries

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All of the examples past the first one are broken in Firefox. Also this seems like overkill, why introduce React when you could do the same thing with just the DOM API, with less overhead? And you get to learn about the underlying standard instead of vendor lock-in library. 177 lines for rather trivial DOM manipulation is too much.

Thanks for letting me know about the broken Firefox examples! They should be fixed now.

I agree, you'd never want to actually build something this small with React - Vanilla DOM manipulation would make a lot more sense. That said, React does make sense for larger applications - and my intention is to write a series which will take you from not knowing React to being able to use it for an appropriately sized app. This is just part of the road there :)

I like this article. I started with React last month, and navigating through the jungle of related technologies (Flux, Redux, Webpack, JSX, Typescript,...) is a real challenge. Most examples use one or several of these, which clouds the understanding. I like it how the author brings it back to basics.

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