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Getting Started with React VR
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Getting Started with React VR

by John Gwinner
November 2017
Beginner
294 pages
6h 55m
English
Packt Publishing
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Why JSON has nothing to do with React

At first, you might be thinking, "How do I do AJAX requests in React VR?"

You don't, not really. React VR and React Native do not have any allegiance to any particular way of fetching data. In fact, as far as React is concerned, it doesn't even know there's a server in the picture at all.

React simply renders components using data from only two places: props and state.

That is the academic answer. The real answer is a bit more broad. You can get data any way you feel like it. After having said that, usually most React programmers will use one of these APIs and/or frameworks:

  • Fetch: Nearly a standard, it is built-in to React, as it is usually already included; refer to http://bit.ly/FetchAPI for usage ...
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