defining an event handler inside react component code example

Example 1: react button onclick

import React from 'react';

function App() {

  function sayHello() {
    alert('Hello!');
  }
  
  return (
    <button onClick={sayHello}>
      Click me!
    </button>
  );
}

export default App;

Example 2: event listener in react

var Box = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function() {
    return {windowWidth: window.innerWidth};
  },

  handleResize: function(e) {
    this.setState({windowWidth: window.innerWidth});
  },

  componentDidMount: function() {
    window.addEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
  },

  componentWillUnmount: function() {
    window.removeEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
  },

  render: function() {
    return <div>Current window width: {this.state.windowWidth}</div>;
  }
});

ReactDOM.render(<Box />, mountNode);