How to render React.js into HTML for portfolio

Question

I want to use React.js for my portfolio and I'm having trouble rendering my code into HTML. I am trying to list my projects using images and p tags displaying the title of each project and the role I played. Also, I want the React elements to be clickable, going to the link of each project. I don't know what is wrong with my code so far.

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './styles.css'; 

'use strict';

function Project(props) {
    return React.createElement("div", {
      className: "workbox"
    }, React.createElement("img", {
      src: props.img
    }), React.createElement("p", null, props.title), 
    React.createElement("p", null, props.role));
  }
  
  var app = React.createElement("div", null, 
  React.createElement("a", {href: "moonlight.html"}, React.createElement(Project, {img: "images/moonlight.png", 
  title: "Moonlight Website Concept", role: "UI Designer"})), 
  
  React.createElement("a", {href: "dailyui.html"}, React.createElement(Project, {img: "images/dailyui.png",
  title: "DailyUI Challenge", role: "UI Designer"})), 
  
  React.createElement("a", {href: "poetry.html"}, React.createElement(Project, {img: "images/theartofchoice.png", 
  title: "Poetry",role: "Writer"})));

  ReactDOM.render(app, document.querySelector('#app'));

HTML

<!doctype html>

<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
 

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/react-with-addons.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/react-dom.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/babel.min.js"></script>
  <script src="scripts.js" type="text/babel"></script>
  
</head>

<body>

    <div id="showcontainer"> 
      <div id=app>
      </div>
  </div>
 
</body>
</html>

I really hope I'm not coming off the wrong way, sorry if I am, but your environment looks very different to the typical React environment. I'd highly recommend following these instructions to create your first React application: create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started. Edit: I'd recommend skipping template section. — Michael Hoobler
– Michael Hoobler, Commented Feb 3, 2021 at 21:03
@Hoobs I originally started with an HTML and CSS file so I was trying to use react outside of create-react-app. Do you know any resources to do that so I don't have to start over? — Sylvia B
– Sylvia B, Commented Feb 3, 2021 at 22:09
I understand, but I really really think you're going to run into a lot more problems and struggle unnecessarily in the long run doing things so differently. I can't really give you any guidance because I don't know how React works without an environment and I've never run into any resource that had React running without some kind of environment. The create-react-app environment basically adds stuff on top of HTML/CSS, so you'll be able to copy and paste your code over pretty easily once you get a feel for it. I don't mean to be so "you can't do things differently!", just wanna help. — Michael Hoobler
– Michael Hoobler, Commented Feb 3, 2021 at 22:38
No problem. Which ever way you decide to go, best of luck. :) — Michael Hoobler
– Michael Hoobler, Commented Feb 3, 2021 at 22:52

kca · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-04 20:55:31Z

1

you need to call ReactDOM.render(app, document.querySelector('#app')); only when the <div id=app> is ready. Put your <script> tags at the end of the body:

...
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/react-with-addons.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/react-dom.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/babel.min.js"></script>
  <script src="scripts.js"></script>
</body>

remove the imports.
If React is imported via <script> tag, you don't need the imports. import doesn't work for "normal" html pages, it works only for Javascript-modules, which requires a server an a lot of setup.

edited Feb 4, 2021 at 20:55

answered Feb 4, 2021 at 20:14

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2 Comments

Love2Code Over a year ago

Exactly, you can't import the modules using "import" if you aren't using react directly from your server right? I'm new to react just curious.

kca Over a year ago

You would import JS-modules with import, but you are not using JS-modules. And it's also not only using a server, there is usually more to setup (e.g. webpack). JS-modules is a whole big topic on it's own. See MDN - JavaScript modules.

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