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React logo: A JavaScript library for building interfaces out of components.
React logo: A JavaScript library for building interfaces out of components.

React

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React logo: A JavaScript library for building interfaces out of components.

React

React is free. A JavaScript library for building interfaces out of components.

What is React?

React is free. React lets you describe the UI as components that update when state changes. Routing, data fetching, and styling come from other tools such as Next.js, Vite, and Tailwind.

React is a tool in the UI Components category of a tech stack.

Level

Key Features

ComponentsHooksServer and client rendering

React Pros & Cons

Pros of React

  • The usual UI library in this catalog

  • A huge set of examples and hiring familiarity

  • Components are easy to reuse across pages

Cons of React

  • You assemble routing, data, and styling yourself

  • The ecosystem moves, so old tutorials go stale