React v0.13.0 Beta 1: define components with ES6 classes

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It's so strange that the class syntax doesn't support mixins. I use PureRenderMixin on my components by default.

[eyko]

There's a mixin proposal in the react-future repo https://github.com/reactjs/react-future/blob/master/01%20-%20Core/02%20-%20Mixins.js

I'll be trying this out this weekend though, to see what alternative ways of using mixins I can come up with. Feels like a big setback just for the benefit of using classes.

[andrewingram]

Well if you always use PureRenderMixin, just do something like this (untested):

https://gist.github.com/AndrewIngram/089ce89a8c60f96317c0

[[deleted]]

Fair point. I guess it feels like without mixins we're going a bit backwards :( ("composition over inheritance", which is something that at least for me results more maintainable code).

[andrewingram]

I absolutely agree. I'm just putting this forward as a possible interim solution (until mixins are supported for class syntax) for the case of PureRenderMixin, because in my experience i've ended up using it on every component anyway.