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The Tutorial

This tutorial teaches you what you need to know to:

  1. Build React applications using Starbeam
  2. Build reusable Starbeam code that you could use in React or any other framework with a Starbeam renderer.

Lessons

  1. Getting Started: Build a simple counter using @starbeam/react.
  2. Computed Data: Learn how to use normal JavaScript functions to compute data and use them in your React components. We'll add a second counter to our example and show the sum of the two counters.
  3. Reactive Builtins: Learn how to use reactive.object to group multiple reactive values together in an object that has the same API as a normal JavaScript object. We'll update our counters to use a reactive object to store their state.
  4. Reactive Arrays: Learn how to use reactive.array to create a reactive array. We'll update our counters to use an array to store their state.
    • Reactive Arrays Bonus: This bonus lesson builds on the reactive arrays lesson to add support for an arbitrary number of counters, and a way to add new counters.
  5. Custom Reactive Objects: Learn how to create your own reactive objects. We'll create a reactive object that stores the state of a counter, and use it in our counter component.
  6. Custom Reactive Objects Using a Class: Learn how to create your own reactive objects using a native JavaScript class. This is the same as the previous lesson, but uses a class instead of a plain object. We support both styles, and you can choose whichever you prefer.
  7. Resources: Learn how to create custom reactive objects that need to be cleaned up when they're no longer needed. In this example, we'll switch gears and build a simple component that shows a clock that updates every second. Under the hood, it will use a Clock resource that will keeps itself up to date using a setInterval, and automatically clean itself up when the component is unmounted. Buckle in, this is where it starts to get interesting!

Released under the MIT license