React.js–Get started in Dart #1

Learn how to use the view library in a “Darty” style

Jermaine Oppong

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ITNEXT

2 min readJan 1, 2019

Happy New Year friends!

In this three-part series, we will go through the React.js homepage examples and learn how to reproduce these in Dart using the js interop package.

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Before we begin:

1. Set up your project

Set up your web project quickly with Stagehand:

$ mkdir get_started_react && cd get_started_react
$ stagehand web-simple

2. Install the js interop package

Ensure that the js dependency is added to your pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  js: ^0.6.0

Save and run pub get to update your dependencies.

3. Import the React.js libraries

In web/index.html in the <head> before <script defer src="main.dart.js"></script> import the dev versions of the library:

<!-- Note: when deploying, replace "development.js" with "production.min.js". -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.development.js" crossorigin></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.development.js" crossorigin></script>

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Conclusion

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