example.js

/** @jsx React.DOM */

var converter = new Showdown.converter();

var Comment = React.createClass({
  render: function() {
    var rawMarkup = converter.makeHtml(this.props.children.toString());
    return (
      <div className="comment">
        <h2 className="commentAuthor">
          {this.props.author}
        </h2>
        <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: rawMarkup}} />
      </div>
    );
  }
});

var CommentBox = React.createClass({
  loadCommentsFromServer: function() {
    $.ajax({
      url: this.props.url,
      dataType: 'json',
      success: function(data) {
        this.setState({data: data});
      }.bind(this),
      error: function(xhr, status, err) {
        console.error(this.props.url, status, err.toString());
      }.bind(this)
    });
  },
  handleCommentSubmit: function(comment) {
    var comments = this.state.data;
    comments.push(comment);
    this.setState({data: comments}, function() {
      // `setState` accepts a callback. To avoid (improbable) race condition,
      // `we'll send the ajax request right after we optimistically set the new
      // `state.
      $.ajax({
        url: this.props.url,
        dataType: 'json',
        type: 'POST',
        data: comment,
        success: function(data) {
          this.setState({data: data});
        }.bind(this),
        error: function(xhr, status, err) {
          console.error(this.props.url, status, err.toString());
        }.bind(this)
      });
    });
  },
  getInitialState: function() {
    return {data: []};
  },
  componentDidMount: function() {
    this.loadCommentsFromServer();
    setInterval(this.loadCommentsFromServer, this.props.pollInterval);
  },
  render: function() {
    return (
      <div className="commentBox">
        <h1>Comments</h1>
        <CommentList data={this.state.data} />
        <CommentForm onCommentSubmit={this.handleCommentSubmit} />
      </div>
    );
  }
});

var CommentList = React.createClass({
  render: function() {
    var commentNodes = this.props.data.map(function(comment, index) {
      return (
        // `key` is a React-specific concept and is not mandatory for the
        // purpose of this tutorial. if you're curious, see more here:
        // http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/multiple-components.html#dynamic-children
        <Comment author={comment.author} key={index}>
          {comment.text}
        </Comment>
      );
    });
    return (
      <div className="commentList">
        {commentNodes}
      </div>
    );
  }
});

var CommentForm = React.createClass({
  handleSubmit: function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var author = this.refs.author.getDOMNode().value.trim();
    var text = this.refs.text.getDOMNode().value.trim();
    if (!text || !author) {
      return;
    }
    this.props.onCommentSubmit({author: author, text: text});
    this.refs.author.getDOMNode().value = '';
    this.refs.text.getDOMNode().value = '';
    return;
  },
  render: function() {
    return (
      <form className="commentForm" onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
        <input type="text" placeholder="Your name" ref="author" />
        <input type="text" placeholder="Say something..." ref="text" />
        <input type="submit" value="Post" />
      </form>
    );
  }
});

React.renderComponent(
  <CommentBox url="comments.json" pollInterval={2000} />,
  document.getElementById('content')
);