idkjs/jsoo-react

js_of_ocaml bindings for ReactJS. Based on ReasonReact.

jsoo-react

Bindings to ReactJS for js_of_ocaml, including JSX ppx.

Adapted from ReasonReact.

A word of caution

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Very experimental / early stage. Not ready for consumption yet.

Only bindings to the most basic rendering functions and useState / useReducer exist. The rest of the bindings are to be implemented yet.

Ideas / decisions

• Abstract over Js_of_ocaml "native" types (js_string , js_array) as much as possible behind the bindings. To do so, the library uses gen_js_api to convert from/to these types to their more idiomatic OCaml representation.
• Keep the API as close as possible to ReasonReact. This is useful for many reasons:
  • Battle tested.
  • Reduce cognitive load by leveraging ReasonReact knowledge.
  • Maximize potential reuse of existing components and libraries.

Bindings

See interop.md.

Running the example

git clone https://github.com/jchavarri/jsoo-react/
cd example
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yarn && yarn webpack

After you see the webpack compilation succeed (the yarn webpack step), open up example/build/index.html (no server needed!). Then modify App.re file in src and refresh the page to see the changes.

Run example with server

To run with the webpack development server run yarn server from the example folder and view in the browser at http://localhost:8000. Running in this environment provides hot reloading and support for routing; just edit and save the file and the browser will automatically refresh.

To use a port other than 8000 set the PORT environment variable (PORT=8080 yarn server).

Ppx

• esy test to run the test against the expected result.
• esy test:regen to regenerate OCaml file test.ml from Reason file test_src.re (ocaml-migrate-parsetree drivers don't support input files with Reason syntax).
• esy test:promote to make

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the authors and maintainers of ReasonReact, in particular @rickyvetter for his work on the v3 of the JSX ppx. Thanks to the authors and maintainers of Js_of_ocaml, in particular @hhugo who has been answering many many questions in GitHub threads. And thanks to the team behind React.js! What an amazing library :)