Requires the Stage 2 Class Properties syntax to be enabled (via Babel plugin), but yes, that's the "nicest" way to do it, and the current approach recommended by the React team. There's also various binding utilities, like https://github.com/cassiozen/React-autobind . I've got discussion of the various binding approaches listed at https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master... .