ReactJS: setTimeout() not working?

Question

Having this code in mind:

var Component = React.createClass({

    getInitialState: function () {
        return {position: 0};    
    },

    componentDid         


        

Answer 1

I know this is a little old, but is important to notice that React recomends to clear the interval when the component unmounts: https://reactjs.org/docs/state-and-lifecycle.html

So I like to add this answer to this discussion:

  componentDidMount() {
    this.timerID = setInterval(
      () => this.tick(),
      1000
    );
  }
  componentWillUnmount() {
    clearInterval(this.timerID);
  }