diff --git a/comments.json b/comments.json
index 7bef77ad..f815c644 100644
--- a/comments.json
+++ b/comments.json
@@ -8,5 +8,20 @@
         "id": 1420070400000,
         "author": "Paul O’Shannessy",
         "text": "React is *great*!"
+    },
+    {
+        "id": 1452484385530,
+        "author": "Sara Falkoff",
+        "text": "Let's go adventuring!"
+    },
+    {
+        "id": 1453167545505,
+        "author": "Mary Poppins",
+        "text": "Off we go!"
+    },
+    {
+        "id": 1453167753803,
+        "author": "Harry Potter",
+        "text": "I survived."
     }
-]
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index c6494446..b36514f8 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -13,10 +13,149 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <div id="content"></div>
-    <script type="text/babel" src="scripts/example.js"></script>
     <script type="text/babel">
-      // To get started with this tutorial running your own code, simply remove
-      // the script tag loading scripts/example.js and start writing code here.
+
+      var data = [
+      {id: 1, author: "Pete Hunt", text: "This is one comment"},
+      {id: 2, author: "Jordan Walke", text: "This is *another* comment"}
+      ];
+
+      var CommentBox = React.createClass({
+        loadCommentsFromServer: function() {
+          $.ajax({
+            url: this.props.url,
+            dataType: 'json',
+            cache: false,
+            success: function(data) {
+              this.setState({data: data});
+            }.bind(this),
+            error: function(xhr, status, err) {
+              console.error(this.props.url, status, err.toString());
+            }.bind(this)
+          });
+        },
+        handleCommentSubmit: function(comment) {
+          var comments = this.state.data;
+          // Optimistically set an id on the new comment. It will be replaced by an
+          // id generated by the server. In a production application you would likely
+          // not use Date.now() for this and would have a more robust system in place.
+          comment.id = Date.now();
+          var newComments = comments.concat([comment]);
+          this.setState({data: newComments});
+          $.ajax({
+            url: this.props.url,
+            dataType: 'json',
+            type: 'POST',
+            data: comment,
+            success: function(data) {
+              this.setState({data: data});
+            }.bind(this),
+            error: function(xhr, status, err) {
+              this.setState({data: comments});
+              console.error(this.props.url, status, err.toString());
+            }.bind(this)
+          });
+        },
+        getInitialState: function() {
+          return {data: []};
+        },
+        componentDidMount: function() {
+          this.loadCommentsFromServer();
+          setInterval(this.loadCommentsFromServer, this.props.pollInterval);
+        },
+        render: function() {
+          return (
+            <div className="commentBox">
+              <h1>Comments</h1>
+              <CommentList data={this.state.data} />
+              <CommentForm onCommentSubmit={this.handleCommentSubmit} />
+            </div>
+          );
+        }
+      });
+    
+      var CommentList = React.createClass({
+        render: function() {
+          var commentNodes = this.props.data.map(function(comment) {
+            return (
+              <Comment author={comment.author} key={comment.id}>
+                {comment.text}
+              </Comment>
+            );
+          });
+
+          return (
+            <div className="commentList">
+              {commentNodes}
+            </div>
+          );
+        }
+      });
+
+      var CommentForm = React.createClass({
+        getInitialState: function() {
+          return {author: '', text: ''};
+        },
+        handleAuthorChange: function(e) {
+          this.setState({author: e.target.value});
+        },
+        handleTextChange: function(e) {
+          this.setState({text: e.target.value});
+        },
+        handleSubmit: function(e) {
+          e.preventDefault();
+          var author = this.state.author.trim();
+          var text = this.state.text.trim();
+          if (!text || !author) {
+            return;
+          }
+          this.props.onCommentSubmit({author: author, text: text});
+          this.setState({author: '', text: ''});
+        },
+        render: function() {
+          return (
+            <form className="commentForm" onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
+              <input
+                type="text"
+                placeholder="Your name"
+                value={this.state.author}
+                onChange={this.handleAuthorChange}
+              />
+              <input
+                type="text"
+                placeholder="Say something..."
+                value={this.state.text}
+                onChange={this.handleTextChange}
+              />
+              <input type="submit" value="Post" />
+            </form>
+          );
+        }
+      });
+      
+      var Comment = React.createClass({
+        rawMarkup: function() {
+          var rawMarkup = marked(this.props.children.toString(), {sanitize: true});
+          return { __html: rawMarkup };
+        },
+
+        render: function() {
+          return (
+            <div className="comment">
+              <h2 className="commentAuthor">
+                {this.props.author}
+              </h2>
+              <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={this.rawMarkup()} />
+            </div>
+          );
+        }
+      });
+
+      ReactDOM.render(
+        <CommentBox url="/api/comments" pollInterval={2000} />,
+        document.getElementById('content')
+      );
+
     </script>
   </body>
 </html>
