README.md in react_on_rails-6.9.3 vs README.md in react_on_rails-6.10.0
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### Podcasts
* [284 Ruby Rogues: React on Rails with Justin Gordon and Rob Wise](https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/284-rr-react-on-rails-with-justin-gordon-and-rob-wise)
# NEWS
-* 2017-04-02: 6.9.2 Released! Props rendered in JSON script tag. Page size is smaller now due to less escaping!
+* 2017-04-09: 7.0.0 beta work to include webpacker_lite gem has begun. See [#786](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/issues/786).
+* 2017-04-03: 6.9.3 Released! Props rendered in JSON script tag. Page size is smaller now due to less escaping!
* 2017-03-06: Updated to Webpack v2!
* 2017-03-02: Demo of internationalization (i18n) is live at [reactrails.com](https://www.reactrails.com/). Docs [here](docs/basics/i18n.md).
* 2017-02-28: See [discussions here on Webpacker](https://github.com/rails/webpacker/issues/139) regarding how Webpacker will allow React on Rails to avoid using the asset pipeline in the near future.
* 2017-02-28: Upgrade to Webpack v2 or use the `--bail` option in your webpack script for test and production builds. See the discussion on [PR #730](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/pull/730).
* 2016-11-03: Spoke at [LA Ruby: "React on Rails: Why, What, and How?"](http://www.meetup.com/laruby/events/234825187/). [Video and pictures in this article](https://blog.shakacode.com/my-react-on-rails-talk-at-the-la-ruby-rails-meetup-november-10-2016-eaaa83aff800#.ej6h4eglp).
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If you do want different code to run, you'd setup a separate webpack compilation file and you'd specify a different, server side entry file. ex. 'serverHelloWorldApp.jsx'. Note, you might be initializing HelloWorld with version specialized for server rendering.
#### Generator Functions
Why would you create a function that returns a React component? For example, you may want the ability to use the passed-in props to initialize a redux store or setup react-router. Or you may want to return different components depending on what's in the props. ReactOnRails will automatically detect a registered generator function.
-Another reason to user a generator function is that sometimes in server rendering, specifically with React Router, you need to return the result of calling ReactDOMServer.renderToString(element). You can do this by returning an object with the following shape: { renderedHtml, redirectLocation, error }.
+Another reason to use a generator function is that sometimes in server rendering, specifically with React Router, you need to return the result of calling ReactDOMServer.renderToString(element). You can do this by returning an object with the following shape: { renderedHtml, redirectLocation, error }.
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+For server rendering, if you wish to return multiple HTML strings from a generator function, you may return an Object from your generator function with a single top level property of renderedHtml. Inside this Object, place a key called componentHtml, along with any other needed keys. This is useful when you using side effects libraries like [React Helmet](https://github.com/nfl/react-helmet). Your Ruby code will get this Object as a Hash containing keys componentHtml and any other custom keys that you added:
+{ renderedHtml: { componentHtml, customKey1, customKey2} }
#### Renderer Functions
A renderer function is a generator function that accepts three arguments: `(props, railsContext, domNodeId) => { ... }`. Instead of returning a React component, a renderer is responsible for calling `ReactDOM.render` to manually render a React component into the dom. Why would you want to call `ReactDOM.render` yourself? One possible use case is [code splitting](./docs/additional-reading/code-splitting.md).
Renderer functions are not meant to be used on the server, since there's no DOM on the server. Instead, use a generator function. Attempting to server render with a renderer function will cause an error.