React example "counter" app with CDN scripts only, no node.js server for transpiling JSX.
The transliling (conversion of JSX syntax to JavaScript function calls) is done in web browser.
<html>
<div id='app'></div>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<script type="application/javascript" src="https://unpkg.com/babel-standalone@6.26.0/babel.js"></script>
<script type="text/babel">
const Count = () => {
const [count, setCount] = React.useState(0);
return (
<div>
<p>You clicked {count} times</p>
<button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Click!</button>
</div>
);
}
ReactDOM.render(<Count />, document.getElementById('app'))
</script>
</html>
Next is the same example without using JSX at all, so no transpiling step an no babel script needed.
Instead, using React functions directly.
reactjs - Is it possible to use React Hooks API without using JSX (in typescript) - Stack Overflow
<html>
<div id='app'></div>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<script>
const e = React.createElement;
const Count = () => {
const [count, setCount] = React.useState(0);
const button = e('button', {onClick: () => setCount(count+1)}, 'Click!');
return e('div', null, e('p', null, `You clicked ${count} times`), button);
}
ReactDOM.render(e(Count), document.getElementById('app'));
</script>
</html>
while developing is is convenient to use React dev includes, that show descriptive messages
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
