React 00: HelloReact
React is a JavaScript framework developed by Facebook to create user interfaces. The main advantage of React is that it manipulates the DOM faster than any other framework out there.
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React is all the rage and it seems to be a serious competitor for Angular. This is the typical hello world sample. It uses two JavaScript libraries: React itself and ReactDOM needed to manage the DOM changes. It also uses Babel, a library that lets us to use advanced ES6 syntax that it translates to compatible JavaScript for any browser.
It is hosted on codepen:
See the Pen Hello React by pello (@pelloxabier) on CodePen.