Prefer React.createClass over react-mixin

[taion]

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[omnidan]

@taion I'm a bit confused - why is this a better way to do it? I always thought it was just a preference thing

[taion]

It's a little bit inelegant with react-mixin still because you have to manually bind the routerWillLeave hook. It's definitely up to user preference in the end, but on further thought and from talking to @ryanflorence, I think given a choice, I'd lean very slightly toward recommending using React.createClass over react-mixin to users who need advice on this in the first place.

I'm personally going to use react-mixin, but I think users checking these docs would be better served by dropping to React.createClass.

[omnidan]

Ah, that totally makes sense then - it's also good to avoid using brand-new syntax (decorators are ES7) for general understanding. Thanks for clearing it up and the PR 😁

[taion]

Yup - I think we still want to point users at react-mixin, just... with a bit less enthusiasm.

[omnidan]

@taion yeah, maybe just note it: "Note: If you're using ES7 decorators, you can try out react-mixin" or something like that

[taion]

Well, the react-mixin thing works regardless. If users are comfortable/familiar with it, they'll know what to do. If not, then they probably should use createClass.