# Getting Started
### Fission is a framework for creating React applications
A Fission application has three main components:
- View
- Router
- Model
The [Examples](https://github.com/fissionjs/examples) show several applications using fission.
## Creating a Fission application
**Create a root file `index.html`**
```html
```
**Create a main entry point for the application (fission instance) `app.js`**
Require Fission and create a new instance of Fission.
```js
var Fission = require('fission');
fission = new Fission();
module.exports = fission;
```
**Create a View `views/index.js`**
```js
// Require the fission instance
var fission = require('../app');
// Require the React DOM
var DOM = fission.React.DOM;
// Export a function which returns the view
module.exports = function() {
// Return a view
return fission.view({
// React's render
render: function() {
return DOM.div({
className: 'main'
},
DOM.h1({},'Welcome'));
}
});
};
```
**Create a router `router.js`**
```js
// Require the fission instance:
var fission = require('./app');
// Require the views:
var IndexView = require('./views/index');
// Create a route for /
fission.router.route('/', {
title: 'Welcome', // page title
view: IndexView, // required view
el: 'content' // html element to inject the views in
});
// Other routes ... //
// Start the router
fission.router.start();
```
**Bundle the application**
Use gulp, or browserify:
`browserify:`
```bash
$ browserify router.js > start.js
```
**Serve the application**
Use gulp, or python:
`python`
```bash
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
```
This example can be found [here](https://github.com/fissionjs/examples/tree/master/simple/gettingStarted)