forceUpdate void forceUpdate( [function callback] ) By

React React is the entry point to the React library. If you're using one of the prebuilt packages it's available

if-else statements don't work inside JSX. This is because JSX is just syntactic sugar for function calls and object construction. Take this basic example:

replaceState void replaceState( object nextState, [function callback] )

There's another (uncommon) way of communicating between components: simply expose a method

Updating: shouldComponentUpdate boolean shouldComponentUpdate( object nextProps, object

getDOMNode DOMElement getDOMNode() If this component

JSX looks like HTML but there are some important differences you may run into. For DOM differences, such as the inline style

React.cloneElement ReactElement cloneElement( ReactElement element, [object props]

ReactDOM.render render( ReactElement element, DOMElement container, [function callback]