How do you do documentation in React?

The equivalent of document. getElementById in React is refs . We can assign a ref to an element and then retrieve the element that’s assigned the ref from the ref’s current property.

Yes , you should start by reading the React documentation. It’s well written and you’ll understand the essential terminology and concepts by the time you’re finished. … Create React App is a great tool and perhaps using it right away will help you. Everyone has a learning approach that works best for them.

We document our React components library by using React Styleguidist . It will parse your code with the following features: generate API / props docs from the PropTypes you define. Create live editable examples documentation that lets people copy paste easily snippet.

React documentation it’s one of the most well write documentation , you can learn through tutorial or step by step. I highly recommend getting started reading the documentation, that’s made a lot of difference for me.