Proper way to initialize data [duplicate]

Answer 1

In your application's top-level component, use the comoponentWillMount method (docs) to trigger an action that fetches the data. This method will get called when the component is initially rendered.

For example:

// Create an async action, that will request data using a promise
// Using the recently released (v0.2.2) helpers for async actions
var actions = Reflux.createActions({
    init: {asyncResult: true}
});
actions.init.listenAndPromise(promiseToGetData);

// Update the store when the init action's promise is completed
var store = Reflux.createStore({
    listenables: actions,
    onInitCompleted: function (data) { 
        // do stuff 
        this.trigger(data)
    }
});

var App = React.createClass({
    mixins: [Reflux.connect(store)],
    componentWillMount: function () {
       // When this component is loaded, fetch initial data
       actions.init()
    }
});