Uncaught ReferenceError: React is not defined
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I am trying to make ReactJS work with rails using this tutorial. I am getting this error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: React is not defined
But I can access the React object in browser console
I also added public/dist/turbo-react.min.js as described here and also added //= require components
line in application.js as described in this answer to no luck. Additionally,
var React = require('react')
gives the error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined
Can anyone suggest me on how to resolve this?
[EDIT 1]
Source code for reference:
This is my comments.js.jsx
file:
var Comment = React.createClass({
render: function () {
return (
<div className="comment">
<h2 className="commentAuthor">
{this.props.author}
</h2>
{this.props.comment}
</div>
);
}
});
var ready = function () {
React.renderComponent(
<Comment author="Richard" comment="This is a comment "/>,
document.getElementById('comments')
);
};
$(document).ready(ready);
And this is my index.html.erb
:
<div id="comments"></div>
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
If you are using Babel and React 17, you might need to add "runtime": "automatic" to config.
{
"presets": [
"@babel/preset-env",
["@babel/preset-react", {"runtime": "automatic"}]
]
}
Solution 2 - Javascript
I was able to reproduce this error when I was using webpack to build my javascript with the following chunk in my webpack.config.json
:
externals: {
'react': 'React'
},
This above configuration tells webpack to not resolve require('react')
by loading an npm module, but instead to expect a global variable (i.e. on the window
object) called React
. The solution is to either remove this piece of configuration (so React will be bundled with your javascript) or load the React framework externally before this file is executed (so that window.React
exists).
Solution 3 - Javascript
I got this error because I was using
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
without importing react, once I changed it to below:
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
The error was solved :)
Solution 4 - Javascript
If you are using Webpack, you can have it load React when needed without having to explicitly require
it in your code.
Add to webpack.config.js:
plugins: [
new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
"React": "react",
}),
],
See http://webpack.github.io/docs/shimming-modules.html#plugin-provideplugin
Solution 5 - Javascript
Possible reasons are 1. you didn't load React.JS into your page, 2. you loaded it after the above script into your page. Solution is load the JS file before the above shown script.
P.S
Possible solutions.
- If you mention
react
in externals section inside webpack configuration, then you must load react js files directly into your html beforebundle.js
- Make sure you have the line
import React from 'react';
Solution 6 - Javascript
Try to add:
import React from 'react'
import { render } from 'react-dom'
window.React = React
before the render()
function.
This sometimes prevents error to pop-up returning:
> React is not defined
Adding React
to the window will solve these problems.
Solution 7 - Javascript
Adding to Santosh :
You can load React by
import React from 'react'
Solution 8 - Javascript
import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
This may also work!
Solution 9 - Javascript
I know this question is answered. But since what worked for me isn't exactly in the answers, I'll add it here in the hopes that it will be useful for someone else.
My index.js
file looked like this when I was getting Uncaught ReferenceError: React is not defined
.
import {render} from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';
render(<App />, document.getElementById("root"));
Adding import React from 'react';
at the top of the file fixed it.
Now my index.js
looks like this and I don't get any error on the console.
import React from 'react';
import {render} from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';
render(<App />, document.getElementById("root"));
Please note I made no change in webpack.config.js or anywhere else to make this work.
Solution 10 - Javascript
I got this error because in my code I misspelled a component definition with lowercase react.createClass
instead of uppercase React.createClass
.
Solution 11 - Javascript
I was facing the same issue.
I resolved it by importing React
and ReactDOM
like as follows:
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
Solution 12 - Javascript
If you're using TypeScript, make sure that your tsconfig.json
has "jsx": "react"
within "compilerOptions"
.
Solution 13 - Javascript
Sometimes the order of import can cause this error, if after you have followed all the steps above and still finds it hard on you, try making sure the react
import comes first.
import React from 'react'
import { render } from 'react-dom'
before any other important you need to make.
Solution 14 - Javascript
if error is react is not define,please add ==>import React from 'react';
if error is reactDOM is not define,please add ==>import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
Solution 15 - Javascript
To whom using CRA and ended up to this question, can use customize-cra
and react-app-rewired
packages to override babel presets in CRA.
To do this, create a config-overrides.js
in the root and paste this code snippet in it.
const { override, addBabelPreset } = require('customize-cra');
module.exports = override(
addBabelPreset('@emotion/babel-preset-css-prop'),
addBabelPreset([
'@babel/preset-react',
{
runtime: 'automatic',
importSource: '@emotion/react',
},
]),
);
And update scripts in package.json with the ones below.
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test",
"start": "react-app-rewired start",
"build": "react-app-rewired build",
"test": "react-app-rewired test --env=jsdom",
Solution 16 - Javascript
I got this error because I used:
import React from 'react';
while working with React, Typescript and Parcel
Changing it to:
import * as React from 'react';
Solved the problem as suggested by https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel/issues/1199#issuecomment-381817548