adding server side paging without javascript

src/React.Sample.Mvc4/Content/Sample.jsx

@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
 
 var CommentsBox = React.createClass({
 	propTypes: {
-		initialComments: React.PropTypes.array.isRequired
+		initialComments: React.PropTypes.array.isRequired,
+		page: React.PropTypes.number
 	},
 	getInitialState() {
 		return {
 			comments: this.props.initialComments,
-			page: 1,
+			page: this.props.page,
 			hasMore: true,
 			loadingMore: false
 		};
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ var CommentsBox = React.createClass({
 		var url = evt.target.href;
 		var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
 		xhr.open('GET', url, true);
+		xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
 		xhr.onload = () => {
 			var data = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
 			this.setState({
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ var CommentsBox = React.createClass({
 			return <em>Loading...</em>;
 		} else if (this.state.hasMore) {
 			return (
-				<a href={'comments/page-' + (this.state.page + 1)} onClick={this.loadMoreClicked}>
+				<a href={'/comments/page-' + (this.state.page + 1)} onClick={this.loadMoreClicked}>
 					Load More
 				</a>
 			);

src/React.Sample.Mvc4/Controllers/HomeController.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.UI;
 using React.Sample.Mvc4.Models;
 using React.Sample.Mvc4.ViewModels;
 
@@ -36,20 +37,21 @@ public class IndexViewModel
 	{
 		public IEnumerable<CommentModel> Comments { get; set; }
 		public int CommentsPerPage { get; set; }
+		public int Page { get; set; }
 	}
 }
 
 namespace React.Sample.Mvc4.Controllers
 {
-    public class HomeController : Controller
-    {
-	    private const int COMMENTS_PER_PAGE = 3;
+	public class HomeController : Controller
+	{
+		private const int COMMENTS_PER_PAGE = 3;
 
-	    private readonly IDictionary<string, AuthorModel> _authors;
+		private readonly IDictionary<string, AuthorModel> _authors;
 		private readonly IList<CommentModel> _comments;
 
-	    public HomeController()
-	    {
+		public HomeController()
+		{
 			// In reality, you would use a repository or something for fetching data
 			// For clarity, we'll just use a hard-coded list.
 			_authors = new Dictionary<string, AuthorModel>
@@ -60,36 +62,52 @@ public HomeController()
 				{"jordwalke", new AuthorModel { Name = "Jordan Walke", GithubUsername = "jordwalke" }},
 				{"zpao", new AuthorModel { Name = "Paul O'Shannessy", GithubUsername = "zpao" }},
 			};
-		    _comments = new List<CommentModel>
-		    {
+			_comments = new List<CommentModel>
+			{
 				new CommentModel { Author = _authors["daniel"], Text = "First!!!!111!" },
 				new CommentModel { Author = _authors["zpao"], Text = "React is awesome!" },
 				new CommentModel { Author = _authors["cpojer"], Text = "Awesome!" },
 				new CommentModel { Author = _authors["vjeux"], Text = "Hello World" },
 				new CommentModel { Author = _authors["daniel"], Text = "Foo" },
 				new CommentModel { Author = _authors["daniel"], Text = "Bar" },
 				new CommentModel { Author = _authors["daniel"], Text = "FooBarBaz" },
-		    };
-	    }
+			};
+		}
 
-        public ActionResult Index()
-        {
-            return View(new IndexViewModel
-            {
-	            Comments = _comments.Take(COMMENTS_PER_PAGE),
-				CommentsPerPage = COMMENTS_PER_PAGE
-            });
-        }
+		public ActionResult Index()
+		{
+			return View(new IndexViewModel
+			{
+				Comments = _comments.Take(COMMENTS_PER_PAGE),
+				CommentsPerPage = COMMENTS_PER_PAGE,
+				Page = 1
+			});
+		}
 
-	    public ActionResult Comments(int page)
-	    {
-		    var comments = _comments.Skip((page - 1) * COMMENTS_PER_PAGE).Take(COMMENTS_PER_PAGE);
+		[OutputCache(Duration = 0, Location = OutputCacheLocation.Any, VaryByHeader = "Content-Type")]
+		public ActionResult Comments(int page)
+		{
+			Response.Cache.SetOmitVaryStar(true);
+			var comments = _comments.Skip((page - 1) * COMMENTS_PER_PAGE).Take(COMMENTS_PER_PAGE);
 			var hasMore = page * COMMENTS_PER_PAGE < _comments.Count;
 
-		    return Json(new {
-				comments = comments,
-				hasMore = hasMore
-			}, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
-	    }
-    }
+			if (ControllerContext.HttpContext.Request.ContentType == "application/json")
+			{
+				return Json(new
+				{
+					comments = comments,
+					hasMore = hasMore
+				}, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				return View("Index", new IndexViewModel
+				{
+					Comments = _comments.Take(COMMENTS_PER_PAGE * page), 
+					CommentsPerPage = COMMENTS_PER_PAGE,
+					Page = page
+				});
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }

src/React.Sample.Mvc4/Views/Home/Index.cshtml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	</p>
 
 	<!-- Render the component server-side, passing initial props -->
-	@Html.React("CommentsBox", new { initialComments = Model.Comments })
+	@Html.React("CommentsBox", new { initialComments = Model.Comments, page = Model.Page })
 
 	<!-- Load all required scripts (React + the site's scripts) -->
 	<script src="http://fb.me/react-0.13.1.js"></script>