Getting started with React inside WordPress
Dig into what React is and how it works, especially inside WordPress, with Aurooba and Brian as they set up the basic environment and load up a little React component inside a WordPress post. Part one of a series of episodes where they'll transform their code into a working accordion block.
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- The source code from the episode – https://github.com/viewSourcePodcast/viewSource-blocks/tree/add/accordion-block
- @wordpress/scripts – https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-scripts/
- Wes Bos' courses – https://wesbos.com/courses
- The "Learn JavaScript Deeply" moment in WordPress history – https://youtu.be/TX6dXRL-jPU?t=3536
- Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
- Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com
- (00:00) - Introduction
- (00:26) - Learn JavaScript Deeply
- (02:59) - What is React?
- (06:37) - Comparing React to other familiar WordPress tech
- (08:36) - A React-ive "Hello World"
- (10:02) - @wordpress/scripts and the scary part of React
- (11:21) - Setting up a basic index.js in React
- (12:12) - React and @wordpress/element
- (14:09) - Outputting the React app with createRoot
- (18:27) - Exporting and importing functions in React
- (22:12) - Breaking your code up into smaller files
- (23:39) - Concluding Part 1!
- (24:21) - Outro
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Aurooba Ahmed
(she/her) Developer building bespoke #WordPress solutions, tools, and blocks. My name is pronounced "oo-ROO-ba" — Default to kindness, folks.
