simple 'shouldComponentUpdate'

sample.js

class ReactBase extends React.Component {
  shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps) {
    /* function from lodash */
    return !_.isEqual(this.props, nextProps);
    
    /* if we use immutableJS we could also just do an equality check */
    // return this.props !== nextProps;
  }
}

class App extends ReactBase {
  render() {
    return (
      //...
    )
  }
}