From e9bbc71cfca575dc294bd97f4036ae971c91bad5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Le Coupanec <julien.le.coupanec@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:08:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] React: Typechecking with proptypes

---
 frontend/react.js | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 100 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/react.js b/frontend/react.js
index 30c3cbf..3ef9a5a 100644
--- a/frontend/react.js
+++ b/frontend/react.js
@@ -1,8 +1,104 @@
 /* *******************************************************************************************
- * GLOBAL CONFIG
- * Vue.config is an object containing Vue’s global configurations.
- * You can modify its properties listed below before bootstrapping your application.
- * https://vuejs.org/v2/api/#Global-Config
+ * REACT.JS CHEATSHEET
+ * https://reactjs.org/
  * ******************************************************************************************* */
 
 
+```
+npm install --save react       // declarative and flexible JavaScript library for building UI
+npm install --save react-dom   // serves as the entry point of the DOM-related rendering paths
+npm install --save prop-types  // runtime type checking for React props and similar objects
+```
+
+
+/* *******************************************************************************************
+ * TYPECHECKING WITH PROPTYPES
+ * https://reactjs.org/docs/typechecking-with-proptypes.html
+ * ******************************************************************************************* */
+
+
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+MyComponent.propTypes = {
+  // You can declare that a prop is a specific JS type. By default, these
+  // are all optional.
+  optionalArray: PropTypes.array,
+  optionalBool: PropTypes.bool,
+  optionalFunc: PropTypes.func,
+  optionalNumber: PropTypes.number,
+  optionalObject: PropTypes.object,
+  optionalString: PropTypes.string,
+  optionalSymbol: PropTypes.symbol,
+
+  // Anything that can be rendered: numbers, strings, elements or an array
+  // (or fragment) containing these types.
+  optionalNode: PropTypes.node,
+
+  // A React element.
+  optionalElement: PropTypes.element,
+
+  // You can also declare that a prop is an instance of a class. This uses
+  // JS's instanceof operator.
+  optionalMessage: PropTypes.instanceOf(Message),
+
+  // You can ensure that your prop is limited to specific values by treating
+  // it as an enum.
+  optionalEnum: PropTypes.oneOf(['News', 'Photos']),
+
+  // An object that could be one of many types
+  optionalUnion: PropTypes.oneOfType([
+    PropTypes.string,
+    PropTypes.number,
+    PropTypes.instanceOf(Message)
+  ]),
+
+  // An array of a certain type
+  optionalArrayOf: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.number),
+
+  // An object with property values of a certain type
+  optionalObjectOf: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.number),
+
+  // An object taking on a particular shape
+  optionalObjectWithShape: PropTypes.shape({
+    color: PropTypes.string,
+    fontSize: PropTypes.number
+  }),
+
+  // You can chain any of the above with `isRequired` to make sure a warning
+  // is shown if the prop isn't provided.
+  requiredFunc: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+
+  // A value of any data type
+  requiredAny: PropTypes.any.isRequired,
+
+  // You can also specify a custom validator. It should return an Error
+  // object if the validation fails. Don't `console.warn` or throw, as this
+  // won't work inside `oneOfType`.
+  customProp: function(props, propName, componentName) {
+    if (!/matchme/.test(props[propName])) {
+      return new Error(
+        'Invalid prop `' + propName + '` supplied to' +
+        ' `' + componentName + '`. Validation failed.'
+      );
+    }
+  },
+
+  // You can also supply a custom validator to `arrayOf` and `objectOf`.
+  // It should return an Error object if the validation fails. The validator
+  // will be called for each key in the array or object. The first two
+  // arguments of the validator are the array or object itself, and the
+  // current item's key.
+  customArrayProp: PropTypes.arrayOf(function(propValue, key, componentName, location, propFullName) {
+    if (!/matchme/.test(propValue[key])) {
+      return new Error(
+        'Invalid prop `' + propFullName + '` supplied to' +
+        ' `' + componentName + '`. Validation failed.'
+      );
+    }
+  })
+};
+
+// Specifies the default values for props:
+MyComponent.defaultProps = {
+  name: 'Stranger'
+};