basicClassComponent.tsx

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
import axios from 'axios';

import Product from '../../models/Product'
// Note the special import here!

interface ICardCollectionProps {
    
}

interface ICardCollectionState {
    products: any[]

 }

class CardCollection extends Component<ICardCollectionProps, ICardCollectionState> {
    constructor(props: ICardCollectionProps) {
        super(props);
        this.setState({
            products: []
        });
    }

    componentWillMount() {
        axios.get('http://localhost:3001/products')
        .then((response) => this.setState({ products: response.data }))
    }

    renderProducts() {
        if (this.state.products !== null) { return; }
        this.state.products.map((product) =>
            <Text key={product.productCode}>{product.productCode}</Text>
        );
    }

    render() {
        console.log(this.state)
        return (
            <View>
                {this.renderProducts()}
            </View>
        );
    }
}

export default CardCollection;