Remove React.createClass and React.PropTypes from docs
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The `React.createComponent` method is being deprecated in favor of `createReactComponent`.
It no longer makes sense to have a section for the 'createClass' method in this page, since it won't be available as a top level method on 'React'. I initially was going to pull the section about 'createClass' into a separate page to add under 'addons' but it was short and duplicative of the 'react-without-es6' docs. So I just linked to those.
I am doing the docs for `context` in a separate commit because that case was a bit less clear-cut. We will no longer support `React.PropTypes` as a built-in feature of React, and instead should direct folks to use the `PropTypes` project that stands alone. Rather than retaining the `React.PropTypes` examples and just revamping them to show the use of the stand-alone `PropTypes` library with React, it makes more sense to direct people to that project and reduce the perceived API area and complexity of React core. The proper place to document `PropTypes` is in the README or docs of that project, not in React docs.
We use `React.PropTypes` to define the `contextType` for the `context` feature of React. It's unclear how this will work once `React.PropTypes` is replaced by the external `PropTypes` library. Some options; a) Deprecate `context`, either in v16 or shortly after. Seems reasonable based on the intense warnings against using context that we have in the docs - https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/context.html#why-not-to-use-context **Except** that probably some widely used libraries depend on it, like `React-Router`. b) Expect users will use external `PropTypes` library when defining `contextTypes` and just don't do our `checkReactTypeSpec` against them any more in v16. c) Stop masking context and pass the whole context unmasked everywhere. Worst option, do not recommend. I went with `b` and assume that, for now, we will get users to use the external `PropTypes` when defining context. I will update this PR if we want a different approach.
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These commits update the docs to remove
React.createClassandReact.PropTypes, replacing them withcreate-react-classandprop-typeslibraries. More details below;I did not add sections for
create-react-classandprop-typesunderadd-onsin the navigation. It seemed duplicative of the info onReact without ES6andTypechecking with PropTypesguides, and long term we want to probably remove theadd-onsdocs section anyway.It's unclear how
contextTypeswill work withoutReact.PropTypes. Let's assume that, for now, we will get users to use the externalPropTypeswhen defining context. I will update this PR if wewant a different approach.