using-react-with-es6.md

Using React with ES6

React Component Definitions

• Which React Component Class Syntax Should I Use?
  http://reactkungfu.com/2015/07/what-react-component-class-syntax-should-i-use/
  Compares the standard React.createClass() syntax vs ES6 React.Component class syntax

• Coding with React like a Game Developer
  https://medium.com/@PhilPlckthun/coding-with-react-like-a-game-developer-e39ffaed1643
  Demonstrates React usage with ES5 vs ES6, plus some other topics

• The React Quick Start Guide: ES6 Edition
  http://www.jackcallister.com/2015/08/30/the-react-quick-start-guide-es6-edition.html
  An ES6 version of the other guide listed earlier

• Digging Into React: Choosing Component Styles
  http://benmccormick.org/2016/05/02/digging-into-react-choosing-component-styles/
  A comparison of the three ways to define a React component. Good descriptions, and links to some other related discussions.

• Refactoring React Components to ES6 Classes
  http://www.newmediacampaigns.com/blog/refactoring-react-components-to-es6-classes
  Walks through the steps needed to convert an older-style React.createClass() component to use the newer ES6 class syntax instead.

• React ES5 to ES6 Checklist
  https://github.com/cht8687/React-ES5-To-ES6-Checklist
  A checklist of steps and changes to refactor your ES5-based React code to use ES6 features

• React createClass vs ES6 Class Components
  https://www.fullstackreact.com/articles/react-create-class-vs-es6-class-components/
  A comparison of the different ways to create class components in React, and some of the differences between how they behave (including method binding)

Methods and Instance Binding

• React and ES6 - Binding Approaches
  http://egorsmirnov.me/2015/08/16/react-and-es6-part3.html
  Various methods of binding "this" in React ES6 classes

• Why and How to Bind Methods in your React Component Classes
  http://reactkungfu.com/2015/07/why-and-how-to-bind-methods-in-your-react-component-classes/
  A good look at function binding in JS, and how it works with React

• React, ES6, Autobinding, and createClass()
  http://blog.andrewray.me/react-es6-autobinding-and-createclass/
  A useful review of how JS function binding works, and how to handle it in ES6 with React

• React Binding Patterns: 5 Approaches for Handling this
  https://medium.com/@housecor/react-binding-patterns-5-approaches-for-handling-this-92c651b5af56
  Describes five different ways you can handle binding methods to handle the this keyword correctly

• "Fat arrow vs autobind vs bindbindbind?"
  https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/54xnao/fat_arrow_vs_autobind_vs_bindbindbindbindbind/d85wj0l
  Dan Abramov comments, giving his thoughts on how to handle method binding.

• Do you even need that bind?
  https://swizec.com/blog/do-you-even-need-that-bind/swizec/7247
  A dive through React's implementation of event handling, and why callback binding is needed

• React without this
  https://medium.com/@baronmaximilianwilleford/react-without-this-39a76b8f2160
  Examples of how to write components in a style that does not require the this keyword. Not the common approach, but an interesting idea.

• Use Property Initializers for Cleaner React Components
  https://www.fullstackreact.com/articles/use-property-initializers-for-cleaner-react-components/
  A look at how the "Class Properties"/"Property Initializer" syntax allows much cleaner definition of method binding, and how to configure Babel to use that syntax

• Javascript, React, This, and Programming Fundamentals
  https://www.andrewfong.com/blog/2017/05/13/javascript-react-this-and-programming-fundamentals/ A helpful explanation of how this works in Javascript, how method binding works, and how that relates to React classes and class methods.

Method Binding Utilities

• React-Autobind
  https://github.com/cassiozen/React-autobind
  A useful utility to bind class methods. A good compromise - makes binding explicit, but removes repetition.

• react-bind-decorator
  https://github.com/zackargyle/react-bind-decorator
  Another autobinding approach, intended to be fast and performant.

• react-class-binder
  https://github.com/Klathmon/react-class-binder
  https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/4p0ytu/i_made_a_small_package_to_easily_autobind_this_in/
  Automatically bind methods defined in a React component using the ES2015 class syntax (similar to how React.createClass works). The Reddit comments have discussion on some differences between the various libs that implement autobinding.