State Initialisation
React is encouraging to move from getInitialState() to using constructor() method. Example:Before
After
In my opinion the code is cleaner...so I won't complain!
State Functions
React is removing our comfort zone of auto binding. This is to make is more Javascript idiosyncratic. Again, I won't really complain. Check the before and after example:Before
After
Since handleStartPress is going to manipulate the state, it needs to be binded manually to the class object (i.e. our component). Another clean way is to define the bind in the constructor() method:
