An easy way to use React with Django.

pip install django-vite-react

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'react',
    ...
]

Create file package.json

{
  "name": "django-react",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "use react.js in django templates",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "vite",
    "build": "vite build",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "ChanMo",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^3.1.0",
    "vite": "^4.1.1"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0"      
  }
}

Create file vite.config.js

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'

// https://vitejs.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  build: {
    outDir: 'static/dist/',
    manifest: true,
    rollupOptions: {
      input: [
        'components/app.jsx',
      ]
    }
  }
})

Install npm package

npm install
npm run dev

Example components/app.jsx

import React from 'react';
import ReactDom from 'react-dom/client';

function App(props) {
  return (
    <h1>{props.title}</h1>
  )
}

const root = ReactDom.createRoot(document.getElementById("app"));
root.render(
  <App {...window.props} />
);

from django.views.generic import TemplateView
from react.mixins import ReactMixin


class IndexView(ReactMixin, TemplateView):
    app_root = 'components/app.jsx'
    def get_props_data(self):
        return {
            'title': 'Hello'
        }

http://localhost:8000/

Before deploy, run yarn dev,

First of all, you need to compile the React files.

npm run build

This command will compile the React files into the static/dist directory.

Then, make sure that DEBUG=False in the Django settings.

.
├── backend
│   ├── asgi.py
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── settings.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── wsgi.py
├── db.sqlite3
├── manage.py
├── node_modules
├── package.json
├── todo
│   ├── admin.py
│   ├── apps.py
│   ├── components
│   │   └── todo.jsx
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── migrations
│   │   └── __init__.py
│   ├── models.py
│   ├── tests.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── views.py
├── static
│   └── dist
│       ├── assets
│       │   └── todo-1cc3d04a.js
│       └── manifest.json
└── vite.config.js  

• [ ] easier to integrate
• [ ] decorate function