I am writing my first app in react native and my js file is getting pretty big. What is the proper way to split the file up.
If i have something like
var MyClass = React.createClass({
...
})
Can I save it at myclass.js
and include in by some command in another js file?
In general you can do the following:
var MyClass = React.createClass({
...
)}
module.exports = MyClass;
This way you tell what should be publicly available.
And then, in your former big file you can load the contents like this:
var MyClass = require('./myclass.js');
Require returns the object that references the value of module.exports.
Here is the updated solution with using the import
statement (in latest React-Native and generally Javascript adhering to ECMAScript6 and later):
file1 myClass.js:
export default class myClass {...}
file2 app.js:
import myClass from './myClass';
This is the basic version using a single default
export. You can also export named
exports that have to be explicitly listed on import. For more info see export and import.