Re:Show HN: Paste React components into any website
by bdorn on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @09:09AM
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I'm not following - even manually inserting script tags to mount the component is better than relying on another site like this to bundle it.
Re:Show HN: Paste React components into any website
by jimhi on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @09:11AM
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As said below, most common react libraries will fail if you try to just use ReactDOM. Mounting has many issues if you try it for more than the basic hello world.
Not to mention you can use multiple different versions of react with this.
Just as an example, I was trying to add this simple PinField to my wordpress page and it will break if you try to mount: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-pin-field
Re:Show HN: Paste React components into any website
by sibit on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @09:17AM
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> most common react libraries will fail if you try to just use ReactDOM
I'd think that would be a pretty big sign that React might not be the right tool for the job. I'm all for building custom hammers but sometimes it might just be better to just grab a screwdriver.
Re:Show HN: Paste React components into any website
by jimhi on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @09:27AM
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Also, you can just download the bundle if you want to stop using the site to host it. Personally I make enough edits I like to keep it up.
Re:Show HN: Paste React components into any website
by sibit on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:38PM
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My comment wasn't a critique on your product. I can totally see how this could be handy and I'll keep it bookmarked. I was mostly critiquing that web devs nowadays always seem to try and reach out for some React package whenever they hit any sort of problem. I can see that the React packages are mandatory, any plans to support other frameworks?
Many developers inherit or prefer a plain page and just want to use a cool open source react component real quick like adding a slick calculator to their existing webpage.