What is React?

Chandon Porter
Nov 7 · 2 min read

React’s official definition states that it’s a Javascript library for building user interfaces. React is not a framework. A lot of us including myself in the beginning thought it was how Rails is a framework of Ruby but that’s not the case with this one. React focuses on just one thing and on doing that thing very well. That thing being building user interfaces. As developers our Javascript skills will help us be better React developers. Research shows that…

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