Functional programming against the DOM with React

• no Backbone models
• no Knockout viewmodels
• referentially transparent programming model - almost no mutable state
• imperative-style widget library (with mutable state) wrapped into functional-style programming model

how to run locally

• npm install -g react-tools
• jsx --watch js js-built
• python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8001 (from project root)
• navigate to http://localhost:8001/webapp/test.html