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Building a Simplified React Implementation from Scratch

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howToTestFE

5mo ago· 3 min readen

Summary

This article presents a tutorial on building a simplified version of React from scratch, explaining core concepts like the createElement function, virtual DOM, and fiber architecture. It walks through implementing fundamental React features step-by-step, providing code examples for creating elements, managing state, and handling updates without the complexity of the full React library.

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function createElement(type, props, ...children) { return { type, props: { ...props, children: children.map(child => typeof child === 'object' ? child : createTextElement(child) ) }, } }
function createTextElement(text) { return { type: 'TEXT_ELEMENT', props: { nodeValue: text, children: [], }, } }
function createDom(fiber) { const dom = fiber.type == 'TEXT_ELEMENT' ? document.createTextNode('') : document.createElement(fiber.type)
We are going to rewrite React from scratch. Step by step. Following the architecture from the real React code but without all the…
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