I strongly urge you to take a step back and really look at React community from 30,000 foot view. Please don't get on the hype train without taking a look at other solutions. Vue.js as far as libraries go, and Ember as far as framework go. I promise you, you'll have a better experience.
Vue.js seems like backbone. Last time i checked Ember looked way complicated. What i like about React is the simplicity. Its basically JavaScript with few React functions thrown in. As a view component its very good. I have used it in normal rails app as well.
