integrate react

[bjchris32]

Got many opinions about whether or not to use react on rails:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/wh22j0/rails_react_a_big_red_flag/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/120olzo/react_inside_rails_app/

There are also many ways to integrate react into Ruby on Rails.

• React frontend as a standalone project: it is more suitable for large project.
• React frontend as a library in a single Ruby on Rails: it would be suitable for small project.

Since I am doing a side project that is rather small, I will use react as library. Tutorials depends on different js build tool:

• using esbuild or jsbundling-rails to support typescript and jsx:
  • https://thoughtbot.com/blog/add-react-to-an-existing-rails-app
  • https://blog.dennisokeeffe.com/blog/2022-02-19-rails-7-using-react-with-esbuild
• using default importmap, but can not support typescript(not recommended)
  • https://blog.dennisokeeffe.com/blog/2022-02-18-rails-7-using-react-with-htm
• using webpacker
  • https://github.com/reactjs/react-rails?tab=readme-ov-file

TODO: still need to evaluate the building tool: esbuild and importmap.