Setting initial state

"The initial state can be set using the getInitialState function." said Mike.

var App = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function() {
    return {
      changeSets: []
    };
  },
  
  render: function(){
    console.log(this.state.changeSets); // prints []  
});

"State can be accessed similar to props using this.state." Mike explained further.