React is a flexible and efficient JavaScript library for creating user interfaces. Developed by Facebook, loved by millions.Advantages of using ReactReact is not yet another MVC framework. It is a library for building composable user interfaces. As opposed to rather restrictive templates or HTML directives, it encourages creating reusable UI components written in full-featured JavaScript. This approach makes it easier to keep state out of the DOM and ensures better app testability and fewer bugs due to logic encapsulation.In traditional JavaScript apps, you need to keep track of what data changed and imperatively sync these changes to the DOM in order to keep it up-to-date. Some frameworks try to bridge this gap with e.g. two-way data binding or directives. React not only does the job for you, but also makes sure it's super efficient, by updating only the parts of the DOM that actually changed (virtual DOM).React is mostly used on the client-side, but if e.g. SEO is your big concern, you can actually run React on the server. And, as if this was not enough, with little extra effort you can leverage ReactNative to build native iOS, Android and Windows Phone apps! Also, a viable alternative for developing mobile apps is Apache Cordova and plain React (basically a web-app running inside a WebView).Our experience with ReactThere are very few libraries that can really match or challenge React when it comes to ease of composing complex UIs and performance. The learning curve for developers is also pretty tolerable (I'm looking at you, AngularJS).At rspective, we find React a perfect fit especially for complex...Read More
