Confident Web Development with React

Talk given at DjangoCon US 2015 in Austin, TX on September 9th 2015.

1. ~ Julien Phalip Confident Web Development With React September, 9th, 2015 DJANGOCON 2015 - AUSTIN, TX
2. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 About me... ‣ Worked with Django since 2007 (v 0.96). ‣ Django core committer since 2011. ‣ @julienphalip
3. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 www.nurun.com
4. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 About this talk…
5. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 About this talk… ‣ Basic principles of Flux & React. ‣ Examples of how Django & React may work together.
6. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow
7. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow Action
8. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow Action Dispatcher
9. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow Action Dispatcher Store
10. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 View Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow Action Dispatcher Store
11. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 View Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow Action Sub-view Sub-view Sub-view Dispatcher Store
12. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 View Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow Action Sub-view Sub-view Action Sub-view Dispatcher Store
13. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 View Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow Action Sub-view Sub-view Action Sub-view Dispatcher Store
14. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 View Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow Action Sub-view Sub-view Action Sub-view Dispatcher Store
15. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 View Flux: Unidirectional
 data flow React Action Sub-view Sub-view Action Sub-view Dispatcher Store
16. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of Flux
17. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of Flux ‣ Streamlined rendering process.
18. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of Flux ‣ Streamlined rendering process. ‣ Reduced cognitive load.
19. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of Flux ‣ Streamlined rendering process. ‣ Reduced cognitive load. ‣ Simpler codebase.
20. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of Flux ‣ Streamlined rendering process. ‣ Reduced cognitive load. ‣ Simpler codebase. ‣ Consistent, predictable behaviors.
21. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of React
22. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of React ‣ Abstracts the DOM with components.
23. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of React ‣ Abstracts the DOM with components. ‣ Handles DOM mutations automatically.
24. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Advantages of React ‣ Abstracts the DOM with components. ‣ Handles DOM mutations automatically. ‣ Agnostic about the rest of the stack.
25. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Simple demo app ‣ Display list of photos ‣ User can select their favorite photos
26. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 A simple React-Django integration
27. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 A simple React-Django integration ‣ Django provides a REST API that serves as a gateway for accessing & manipulating data.
28. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 A simple React-Django integration ‣ Django provides a REST API that serves as a gateway for accessing & manipulating data. ‣ React renders the UI client-side and handles user interactions.
29. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction
30. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction Client React renders
 the page
31. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction Client User clicks
 a photo React renders
 the page
32. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction Client Server (Django) User clicks
 a photo React renders
 the page POST request
33. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction Client Server (Django) User clicks
 a photo Updates the database React renders
 the page POST request
34. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction Client Server (Django) User clicks
 a photo Updates the database Serializes
 current data React renders
 the page POST request
35. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction Client Server (Django) User clicks
 a photo Updates the database Serializes
 current data React renders
 the page POST request Current data
36. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction Client Server (Django) User clicks
 a photo Updates the database Serializes
 current data React renders
 the page POST request Current data React (re-)renders the page
37. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client-server interaction Client Server (Django) User clicks
 a photo Updates the database Serializes
 current data React renders
 the page POST request Current data React (re-)renders the page
38. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Initial client-side store hydration
39. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Initial client-side store hydration ‣ Conventional method:
 Client fetches data via Ajax after initial page load.
40. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Initial client-side store hydration ‣ Conventional method:
 Client fetches data via Ajax after initial page load. ‣ Less conventional method:
 Server serializes data as global Javascript variable in the initial HTML payload (see Instagram).
41. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 …Live demo… https://github.com/jphalip/django-react-djangocon2015
42. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Server-side rendering
43. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Server-side rendering ‣ Advantages:
44. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Server-side rendering ‣ Advantages: ‣ SEO-friendly
45. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Server-side rendering ‣ Advantages: ‣ SEO-friendly ‣ Less resource intensive for the client
46. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Server-side rendering ‣ Advantages: ‣ SEO-friendly ‣ Less resource intensive for the client ‣ First page is immediately consumable
47. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Server-side rendering ‣ Advantages: ‣ SEO-friendly ‣ Less resource intensive for the client ‣ First page is immediately consumable ‣ Single codebase (“Universal JS”)
48. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Server-side rendering ‣ Advantages: ‣ SEO-friendly ‣ Less resource intensive for the client ‣ First page is immediately consumable ‣ Single codebase (“Universal JS”) ‣ Easy to implement with python-react and a simple Node HTTP server.
49. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Server-side rendering: Workflow
50. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client Initial
 request Server-side rendering: Workflow
51. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client Server Initial
 request Fetch &
 serialize data GET request Server-side rendering: Workflow Django
52. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client Server Initial
 request Fetch &
 serialize data Render
 React components
 as HTML GET request Server-side rendering: Workflow Django Node JSON data (via HTTP) React components
53. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client Server Initial
 request Fetch &
 serialize data Render
 React components
 as HTML GET request Server-side rendering: Workflow Django Node Assemble initial HTML response JSON data (via HTTP) React components HTML
54. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client Server Initial
 request Fetch &
 serialize data Render
 React components
 as HTML GET request HTML response Server-side rendering: Workflow Django Node Assemble initial HTML response JSON data (via HTTP) React components HTML
55. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Client Server Initial
 request Fetch &
 serialize data Render
 React components
 as HTML GET request HTML response Server-side rendering: Workflow Django Node Assemble initial HTML response Subsequently re-render client-side JSON data (via HTTP) React components React components HTML
56. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Django view from django.shortcuts import render
 from react.render import render_component
 from myapp.models import MyModel
 from myapp.api import MySerializer
 
 def myview(request):
 items = MySerializer(MyModel.objects.all())
 
 rendered_html = render_component(
 'path/to/my/component.js',
 props = {'items': items.data})
 
 return render( request, 'template.html', {'rendered_html': rendered_html})
57. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Django template {% extends "base.html" %}
 
 
 {% block content %}
 <div>{{ rendered_html|safe }}</div>
 {% endblock %}
58. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Simple ExpressJS server var http = require('http');
 var express = require('express');
 var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 var reactRender = require('react-render');
 
 require('babel/register');
 
 var app = express();
 var server = http.Server(app);
 
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
 app.post('/', function(request, response) {
 reactRender(request.body, function(error, html){
 response.json({
 error: error,
 markup: html
 });
 });
 });
 
 server.listen(9009, '127.0.0.1');
59. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 …Live demo… Server-side rendering
60. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Asset pipelines
61. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Asset pipelines ‣ Webpack or Gulp+Browserify for JS bundling.
62. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Asset pipelines ‣ Webpack or Gulp+Browserify for JS bundling. ‣ Babel for JSX transpiling.
63. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Asset pipelines ‣ Webpack or Gulp+Browserify for JS bundling. ‣ Babel for JSX transpiling. ‣ Cache busting in production with ManifestStaticFilesStorage.
64. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Testing
65. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Testing ‣ Unit testing: Jasmine, Mocha, Jest, QUnit…
66. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Testing ‣ Unit testing: Jasmine, Mocha, Jest, QUnit… ‣ Functional testing: Selenium with LiveServerTestCase.
67. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 Testing ‣ Unit testing: Jasmine, Mocha, Jest, QUnit… ‣ Functional testing: Selenium with LiveServerTestCase. ‣ Hybrid unit/integration testing:
 Test individual rendered React components with python-react, ExpressJS, PyQuery & assertHTMLEqual().
68. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 from django.test import TestCase
 from react.render import render_component
 from pyquery import PyQuery
 from photos.api import FavoriteSerializer
 from photos.models import Photo, Favorite
 
 class ReactComponentsTests(TestCase):
 
 def setUp(self):
 photo1 = Photo.objects.create(url='photo1.jpg')
 photo2 = Photo.objects.create(url='photo2.jpg')
 photo3 = Photo.objects.create(url='photo3.jpg')
 
 Favorite.objects.create(photo=photo2)
 Favorite.objects.create(photo=photo3)
69. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 def test_favorite_panel(self): 
 favorites = FavoriteSerializer(
 Favorite.objects.all(), many=True)
 
 html = str(render_component(
 'js/components/favorite-panel.js',
 to_static_markup=True,
 props = {
 'favorites': favorites.data,
 }))
 
 self.assertFalse('photo1.jpg' in html)
 self.assertTrue('photo2.jpg' in html)
 self.assertTrue('photo3.jpg' in html)
70. CONNECTED PERSONAL OBJECTS 5/2012 def test_favorite_panel(self):
 … pq = PyQuery(html) self.assertEqual( pq('.badge').text(), '2') self.assertHTMLEqual( pq('h4').outerHtml(), '<h4>Favorites <span class="badge">' '2</span></h4>' )
71. @julienphalip http://julienphalip.com http://nurun.com Code from this talk: https://github.com/jphalip/django-react-djangocon2015 Thank you!