Problem with exporting/importing React component - javascript

I'm trying to create a React component for a navigation bar.
This component I'd like to import from a separate file into my App.js.
Currently, the component should just return a simple 'Hello world' paragraph, but I have trouble getting this to work.
I have written the following code into a file located at src/components/navbar.js:
import React from 'react';
export default class navBar extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<p>Hello world.</p>
)
}
}
Now I'd like to import this component from my src/App.js, which looks like this:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import './App.css';
import navBar from './components/navbar.js'
class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<navBar/>
);
}
}
export default App;
If I compile and open the site, nothing's there, which confuses me.
I'd be very thankful for any help!
EDIT:
It's been suggested that the problem is that <App /> is not being rendered anywhere. I don't believe that's the case, since there's another file being created by default (index.js), which looks like this:
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './index.css';
import App from './App';
import * as serviceWorker from './serviceWorker';
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
serviceWorker.unregister();
I have also tried putting the paragraph (and the entire navbar) directly into src/App.js.
After compiling I could see the expected results in the browser, so the problem should lie with the exporting/importing.

In JSX, lower case tags are considered to be simple HTML/SVG elements. You can use lower case only if you use accessors (so with a dot like bla.blabla).
You can read about it here for example.
So in your case you must change the class name navBar to NavBar and then in the render method:
render() {
return (
<NavBar/>
);
}

Here is a full working example:
** Note: NavBar.js shoud start with a Capital letter.
App.js
import React from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import NavBar from "./components/NavBar";
function App() {
return (
<div className="App">
<NavBar />
</div>
);
}
const rootElement = document.getElementById("root");
ReactDOM.render(<App />, rootElement);
NavBar.js
import React from "react";
export default class NavBar extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<p>Hello world.</p>
</div>
);
}
}

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</li>
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import React from 'react';
import './App.css';
import Navigation from './components/Navigation';
class App extends React.Component {
render() {
Navigation();
return (
<div>
Hello from component - Class!
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
Index.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './index.css';
import App from './App';
import * as serviceWorker from './serviceWorker';
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serviceWorker.unregister();
Your component is not rendering because u call de function outside the return statement.
For a component render, you need to return the component inside the
render function;
Example:
render () {
return <Component/>
}
When u call this:
render() {
Navigation(); // see, the navigation is outside the return statemente
return (
<div>
<p>Hello from component - Class!</P>
</div>
)
}
try this:
import React from 'react';
import './App.css';
import Navigation from './components/Navigation';
class App extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<Navigation/>
<p>Hello from component - Class!</P>
</div>
)
}
}
export default App;

Using custom tag to reference ReactJS components inside ReactJS application

I have a ReactJS basic project which is working fine with the following two files (among others):
Header.js
import React from 'react'
const Header = () => (
<div>THIS IS A HEADER</div>
)
export default Header
App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import Header from './Header'
class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<Header />
<div>
Hello World! This is the content.
</div>
</div>
)
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'))
What I want to know is:
How can I reference the Header component with a custom tag, for example: <comp-header /> instead of: <Header />. Something like below:
App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import Header from './Header'
class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<comp-header />
<div>
Hello World! This is the content.
</div>
</div>
)
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'))
Any idea on how to do that?
Thanks!
You can simply
import CompHeader from './Header'
and use normally.
I don't think you can use a dash in JSX and JSX elements that are non native elements need to be capitalized.

React Js: mountNode is not defined no-undef error

I am newly learning the React Js. I found the example at this Link. But when I tried the first code:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
class HelloMessage extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
Hello {this.props.name}
</div>
);
}
}
ReactDOM.render(
<HelloMessage name="Taylor" />,
mountNode
);
export default HelloMessage;
I am getting this error
./src/App.js Line 18: 'mountNode' is not defined no-undef
Search for the keywords to learn more about each error.
I have already seen the answer at this StackOverflow link. But I'm sorry I couldn't get what is explained there. Provide me the suggestions. Thank you in advance!
The error message you are getting is a linting error. (static code analysis)
Make sure your mountNode variable exists.
or use something like:
render(<HelloMessage />, document.getElementById('app'));
Also make sure that you have a DOM element with id app in your HTML code:
for example:
<div id="app" />
The ReactDOM.render() method is already located under
src/index.js
like:
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
registerServiceWorker();
The above code renders over component in the root div located in the public/index.html
src/App.js
--->initially it looked like:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
<header className="App-header">
<img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
<h1 className="App-title">Welcome to React</h1>
</header>
<p className="App-intro">
To get started, edit <code>src/App.js</code> and save to reload.
</p>
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
Finally --> Now instead of rendering the App Component...we can either write the HelloMessage component under the same file or replace the App Component with something like this..
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
<div>
Hello {this.props.name}
</div>
</div>
);
}
}
After that I'm able to see the Hello Message in the browser localhost:3000. But the Name Taylor is not displayed there...So what I did is passed the name props from the index.js file something like:
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './index.css';
import App from './App';
import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker';
//Passed the name props to the
ReactDOM.render(<App name = "Taylor"/>, document.getElementById('root'));
registerServiceWorker();
Now After this point I got the successful output Hello Taylor. If you are replacing the App component with HelloMessage component, don't forget to import that file in the index.js

how to render a react component using ReactDOM Render

_Header (cshtml)
<div id="Help"></div>
export default class Help {
ReactDOM.render(
<Help/>,
document.getElementById('Help')
);
}
Help.js (component)
}
My goal is to render a help button on header.
I've Created div tag with id help-modal , and a
component rendering help button. I am connection those two in help.js
by ReactDOM.render(.........);
when I do npm run dist and dotnet run , and see the browser
I couldn't see the button on header . Can any one help on this please ??
You are calling ReactDOM.render within a React component that doesn't get rendered.
Call ReactDOM render outside of the class definition for help
To render your button to the screen:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import Dialog from 'material-ui/Dialog';
import FlatButton from 'material-ui/FlatButton';
import RaisedButton from 'material-ui/RaisedButton';
class Help extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<RaisedButton label="Help"/>
</div>
);
}
}
ReactDOM.render(
<Help />,
document.getElementById('Help-modal')
);
That's it.
To avoid confusion should try and give your components meaningful names. Naming both of them Help can get confusing when you are trying to import one into another (which in this case isn't necessary).
If you indeed wanted to nest the Help component in an app.js/index.js root level component, it would be necessary to export the element, so the class declaration line would be modified as follows:
export default class Help extends Component {
then in your parent component, you'd need to import it with something like:
import Help from './components/Help';
UPDATE:
just noticed there was a type with:
import RaisedButton from 'material-ui/RaisedButon';
it's missing a 't' in RaisedButton!
should be:
import RaisedButton from 'material-ui/RaisedButton';
You need to export the Help Component
Help.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import Dialog from 'material-ui/Dialog';
import FlatButton from 'material-ui/FlatButton';
import RaisedButton from 'material-ui/RaisedButon';
class Help extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<RaisedButton label="Help"/>
</div>
);
}
}
export default Help;
And no need to create a React Component to render the HelpComponent
Helppage.js
import HelpComponent from '../components/Help';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
ReactDOM.render(
<HelpComponent/>,
document.getElementById('Help-modal')
);

Additional component in <MuiThemeProvider /> results in blank page w/ no error messages

I have recently installed Material UI into my Meteor application using npm install --save material ui
I have gotten the <Header /> component showing up in my app.js file, but whenever I add other components, localhost:3000 simply displays a blank page. Please see my code below:
header.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import AppBar from 'material-ui/AppBar';
class Header extends Component {
render() {
return(
<AppBar
title="Header"
titleStyle={{textAlign: "center"}}
showMenuIconButton={false}
/>
);
}
}
export default Header;
app.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import MuiThemeProvider from 'material-ui/styles/MuiThemeProvider';
import Header from './components/header';
import NewPost from './components/new_post';
const App = () => {
return (
<MuiThemeProvider>
<Header />
</MuiThemeProvider>
);
};
Meteor.startup(() => {
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.querySelector('.render-target'));
});
THE ABOVE CODE WORKS WELL (see screenshot below)
However, if I add another component I get a blank screen
header.js is the same
new_post.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import TextField from 'material-ui/TextField';
class NewPost extends Component {
render() {
return (
<TextField
hintText="Full width"
fullWidth={true}
/>
);
}
}
export default NewPost;
app.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import MuiThemeProvider from 'material-ui/styles/MuiThemeProvider';
import Header from './components/header';
import NewPost from './components/new_post';
const App = () => {
return (
<MuiThemeProvider>
<Header />
<NewPost />
</MuiThemeProvider>
);
};
Meteor.startup(() => {
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.querySelector('.render-target'));
});
The result is simply a blank screen
Why does adding one more component (<NewPost />)inside of <MuiThemeProvider> result in a blank screen? I referred to the material-ui documentation and their sample projects but their application structure is not similar to mine. Any advice? Please let me know if you need more info to make this question clearer.
Wow very strange but I managed to get it working by simply adding a <div>
app.js
const App = () => {
return (
<MuiThemeProvider muiTheme={getMuiTheme()}>
<div>
<Header />
<NewPost />
</div>
</MuiThemeProvider>
);
}
Meteor.startup(() => {
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.querySelector('.render-target'));
});
I would really appreciate if anyone could explain why adding a div makes this all work. Thank you!
I would really appreciate if anyone could explain why adding a div
makes this all work
If you look at the browser warning, "Invalid prop children of type array supplied to MuiThemeProvider, expected a single ReactElement.".
So, when you add a <div/> around your components, it wraps them together and turns them into a single react element.
MuiThemeProvider renders as null so you have to wrap children do anything - for example React.Fragment

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