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'''React''' (sometimes styled '''React.js''' or '''ReactJS''') is an [[open-source software|open-source]] [[JavaScript library]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://facebook.github.io/react/|title=A JavaScript library for building user interfaces - React|website=facebook.github.io|access-date=2017-04-13}}</ref> for building [[user interfaces]].

It is maintainedmaintaind by [[Facebook]], [[Instagram]] and a community of individual developers and corporations.<ref>{{cite web | website=InfoWorld | title=React: Making faster, smoother UIs for data-driven Web apps | url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608181/javascript/react--making-faster--smoother-uis-for-data-driven-web-apps.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=InfoQ | title=Facebook's React JavaScript User Interfaces Library Receives Mixed Reviews | url=http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/06/facebook-react}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=JavaScript’s History and How it Led To ReactJS | url=http://thenewstack.io/javascripts-history-and-how-it-led-to-reactjs/ | website=The New Stack}}</ref> According to [[JavaScript]] analytics service [[Libscore]], React is currently being used on the websites of [[Netflix]], [[Imgur]], [[Buffer]], [[Bleacher Report]], [[Feedly]], [[Airbnb]], [[SeatGeek]], [[HelloSign]], [[Walmart]], and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libscore.com/#React|title=Libscore|work=libscore.com}}</ref>

React allows developers to create large web applications that use data which can change over time, without reloading the page. Its main goal is to be fast, simple and scalable. React processes only user interfaces in applications. This corresponds to View in the [[Model-View-Controller]] (MVC) template, and can be used in combination with other [[JavaScript]] libraries or frameworks in MVC, such as [[AngularJS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thinkmobiles.com/blog/angular-vs-react/|title=Angular vs React: Feature Comparison of JS Tools - Thinkmobiles|date=22 February 2017|publisher=}}</ref>