Here’s an eloquent, step-by-step intro to React.js that takes a different approach then a lot of the other tutorials out there:
Of people who have never tried out React, some are comfortable with frontend JS frameworks like Backbone, Ember, or Angular. Some know JavaScript pretty well. Some know just enough jQuery to get by. A tutorial that’s effective for one group may not be optimal for the other groups.
In this tutorial, I’m targeting the third group I mentioned: people who know just enough jQuery to get by.