What is React?

Pascual Vila
Frontend Instructor.
React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces, especially in single-page applications (SPAs). It was created by Facebook and is used to build dynamic and reusable interfaces. React allows you to break down the user interface into small, reusable components, which facilitates code development and maintenance.
Key features of React:
- Components: React organizes the UI into independent and reusable components.
- JSX (JavaScript XML): It's a JavaScript extension that allows you to write HTML in the same file as JavaScript.
- Virtual DOM: React maintains a representation of the DOM in memory (Virtual DOM) to optimize performance.
Example:
{`import React from "react";
function MyComponent() {
return <h1>Hello, World!</h1>;
}
export default MyComponent;`}