Using with React.js?

[Jeff Friesen]

This looks like a really good approach. I'm trying to move away from the heavy Backbone / d3 architecture to using React.js and some reusable chart libraries, like d4. I can see how this data model would fit in nicely with that.

Have you used this with React? Would you be able to post an example in the documentation?

[Curran Kelleher]

Thanks! No, I have never used React.js. Do you know of any good starting point example using React.js that is similar to what you'd like to see for a Model.js + React.js example?

[Jeff Friesen]

There are a few resources I've found.

These are replacing some core functionality of d3 with React:
http://10consulting.com/2014/02/19/d3-plus-reactjs-for-charting/
http://bl.ocks.org/herrstucki/9205264

These are more low-level than I was hoping for. Instead of recreating reusable chart components (like d4, nvd3, dc.js) in React from scratch I was hoping to use an existing library within a React wrapper. It may not take full advantage of React like that first link, but it would allow me to port over a large dc.js project into a React framework without having to recreate all of dc.js in React.

This is one approach that may work:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21903604/is-there-any-proper-way-to-integrate-d3-js-graphics-into-facebook-react-applicat

For a fuller framework on top of React (where your model may fit well as the store), Facebook has been using Flux:
http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/flux-overview.html

[Curran Kelleher]

I think React integration is beyond the scope of this project. ModelJS is really for creating visualizations, and aims to be as simple as possible while supporting a functional reactive programming style.