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<!doctype html>
<title>00 Object Elements - React From Zero</title>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16.4.0/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16.4.0/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
<div id="app">
<!--The render target of our React application-->
</div>
<script>
// React uses ES2015 Symbols to "tag" its element-objects.
// It uses a magic number as fallback on older browsers.
var magicValue = (Symbol && Symbol.for("react.element")) || 0xeac7
// React uses virtual DOM elements, which become real DOM elements on a render.
// A virtual DOM element can be defined as a simple object literal.
// Normally you would use the React.createElement() to create an element.
// This is what the return value of a React.createElement() call could look like.
var reactElement = {
// This special property will be checked by React to ensure this object
// is an React element and not just some user data
// React.createElement() sets it for your
$$typeof: magicValue,
// This will also be checked by React. We will be talking about references
// later, but if you're not using them, this has to be set to null and not
// undefined
ref: null,
// This defines the HTML-tag
type: "h1",
// This defines the properties that get passed down into the element
props: {
// In this example there is just a single text node as child
children: "Hello, world!",
// a CSS class
className: "abc",
// styles can be passed as object literals
// React uses camelCase instead of dashed-case (like CSS/D3 do)
style: {
textAlign: "center",
},
// event handlers can be added as properties, too
// React uses synthetic events, which basically try to normalize browser behaviour
onClick: function (notYourRegularEvent) { alert("click") },
},
}
// another element that doesn"t have much configuration
var anotherElement = {
$$typeof: magicValue,
ref: null,
type: "p",
props: {
children: "A nice text paragraph.",
},
}
// React needs a DOM element as render target
var renderTarget = document.getElementById("app")
// ReactDOM is responsible for inserting the element into the DOM
ReactDOM.render(reactElement, renderTarget)
</script>