Why is getInitialState not being called for my React class?

Question

I\'m using ES6 classes with Babel. I have a React component that looks like this:

import { Component } from \'react\';

export default class MyReactComponent ext         


        

Answer 1

Code to accompany Nathans answer:

import { Component } from 'react';

export default class MyReactComponent extends Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      foo: true,
      bar: 'no'
    };
  }

  render() {
    return (
      

        {this.state.bar}
      
    );
  }
}