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# Getting Started
`effect-fc` lets React components be written as Effect programs. Inside a
component body you can yield services, run Effects, subscribe to Effect-powered
state, and still export a normal React function component at the edge of your
app.
This guide starts with the smallest useful setup:
1. Install `effect-fc` with its peer dependencies.
2. Create a React runtime from an Effect `Layer`.
3. Wrap your React app with `ReactRuntime.Provider`.
4. Write a component with `Component.make`.
5. Convert it to a React component with `Component.withRuntime`.
## Install
Install `effect-fc` alongside `effect` and React 19.2 or newer:
```bash npm2yarn
npm install effect-fc effect react react-dom
```
If your project uses TypeScript, also install React's type packages:
```bash npm2yarn
npm install --save-dev @types/react @types/react-dom
```
## Create A Runtime
An Effect-FC app needs an Effect runtime. Build one from the services your UI
needs, then share it with React through `ReactRuntime.Provider`.
For an empty app, `Layer.empty` is enough:
```tsx title="src/runtime.ts"
import { Layer } from "effect"
import { ReactRuntime } from "effect-fc"
export const runtime = ReactRuntime.make(Layer.empty)
```
As your app grows, add services to the layer:
```tsx title="src/runtime.ts"
import { FetchHttpClient } from "@effect/platform"
import { Layer } from "effect"
import { ReactRuntime } from "effect-fc"
const AppLive = Layer.empty.pipe(
Layer.provideMerge(FetchHttpClient.layer),
)
export const runtime = ReactRuntime.make(AppLive)
```
## Provide The Runtime
At the React root, wrap your app with `ReactRuntime.Provider`:
```tsx title="src/main.tsx"
import { StrictMode } from "react"
import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client"
import { ReactRuntime } from "effect-fc"
import { App } from "./App"
import { runtime } from "./runtime"
createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!).render(
<StrictMode>
<ReactRuntime.Provider runtime={runtime}>
<App />
</ReactRuntime.Provider>
</StrictMode>,
)
```
`ReactRuntime.Provider` also works with routers. Keep it above your router
provider so route components can be converted with the same runtime context.
## Write Your First Component
Use `Component.make` when you want automatic tracing spans, or
`Component.makeUntraced` when you only want the component behavior.
```tsx title="src/Hello.tsx"
import { Effect } from "effect"
import { Component } from "effect-fc"
import { runtime } from "./runtime"
const HelloEffect = Component.make("HelloEffect")(function* (props: {
readonly name: string
}) {
const message = yield* Effect.succeed(`Hello, ${props.name}`)
return <h1>{message}</h1>
})
export const Hello = HelloEffect.pipe(
Component.withRuntime(runtime.context),
)
```
`Hello` is now a regular React component:
```tsx title="src/App.tsx"
import { Hello } from "./Hello"
export function App() {
return <Hello name="Effect" />
}
```
## Use Services
Components can yield Effect services directly. Define services with Effect,
provide them in your runtime layer, then consume them from the component body.
```ts title="src/services.ts"
import { Effect } from "effect"
export class GreetingService extends Effect.Service<GreetingService>()(
"GreetingService",
{
succeed: {
greet: (name: string) => `Welcome, ${name}`,
},
},
) {}
```
Provide the service in your runtime:
```tsx title="src/runtime.ts"
import { Layer } from "effect"
import { ReactRuntime } from "effect-fc"
import { GreetingService } from "./services"
const AppLive = Layer.empty.pipe(
Layer.provideMerge(GreetingService.Default),
)
export const runtime = ReactRuntime.make(AppLive)
```
Then read it inside a component:
```tsx title="src/Greeting.tsx"
import { Component } from "effect-fc"
import { runtime } from "./runtime"
import { GreetingService } from "./services"
const GreetingEffect = Component.make("Greeting")(function* (props: {
readonly name: string
}) {
const greeting = yield* GreetingService
return <p>{greeting.greet(props.name)}</p>
})
export const Greeting = GreetingEffect.pipe(
Component.withRuntime(runtime.context),
)
```
## Mount And Cleanup Effects
Use `Component.useOnMount` for scoped work that should start when the component
mounts and finalize when it unmounts.
```tsx
import { Console, Effect } from "effect"
import { Component } from "effect-fc"
const Mounted = Component.make("Mounted")(function* () {
yield* Component.useOnMount(() =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
yield* Console.log("Mounted")
yield* Effect.addFinalizer(() => Console.log("Unmounted"))
}),
)
return <p>Open the console, then unmount me.</p>
})
```
Finalizers are tied to the component scope, so this is the right place for
subscriptions, resources, and other lifecycle-bound Effects.
## Where To Go Next
Once the runtime and component boundary are in place, the rest of the library
builds on the same idea:
- `Subscribable.useAll` reads Effect subscribables and rerenders when they
change.
- `Lens` connects React state and Effect `SubscriptionRef` values.
- `Query` and `Mutation` model async data and user-triggered operations.
- `Form`, `SubmittableForm`, and `SynchronizedForm` help build Effect-backed
forms.
The important pattern is small and repeatable: write Effect-FC components inside
the runtime, then use `Component.withRuntime` at React boundaries.