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React (JavaScript library)
JavaScript library for building user interfaces / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the open-source mobile application framework, see React Native.
React (also known as React.js or ReactJS) is a free and open-source front-end JavaScript library[4][5] for building user interfaces based on components by Facebook Inc. It is maintained by Meta (formerly Facebook) and a community of individual developers and companies.[6][7][8]
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Original author(s) | Jordan Walke |
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Developer(s) | Meta and community |
Initial release | May 29, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-29)[1] |
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Written in | JavaScript |
Platform | Web platform |
Type | JavaScript library |
License | MIT License |
Website | react![]() |
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React can be used to develop single-page, mobile, or server-rendered applications with frameworks like Next.js. Because React is only concerned with the user interface and rendering components to the DOM, React applications often rely on libraries for routing and other client-side functionality.[9][10] A key advantage of React is that it only rerenders those parts of the page that have changed, avoiding unnecessary rerendering of unchanged DOM elements.