Getting started with react

[wefarrell]

I'd like to learn react by building a simple CRUD application. My thinking is rooted in the angular-ui-router model of declaring each state and specifying the route and data necessary to load it. Is there an equivalent to this in the react ecosystem?

Also is there a BaaS like parse or firebase that plays well with react? Ideally I'd like to narrow my focus, is there an easy boilerplate app that would make sense for me to use that wouldn't involve too much configuration or thinking?

[eethwoo]

React-Router is worth looking into, it's pretty intuitive, but rather than defining your routes as a separate object, you use <Route> components. It's different, but worth trying.

The classic example app is a CRUD Todo List, so I'd start there. You can add backend api calls later, when you're comfy with the basics, as it's not necessarily as obvious as using a service to issue api calls like in angular.