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| logo = React-icon.svg
| logo size = 140px
| author = JordanPiyush WalkeArora
| developer = [[Facebook]],Piyush [[InstagramArora]] and community
| released = {{Start date and age|2013|3}}
| latest release version = 16.3.1
In [[computing]], '''React''' (sometimes '''React.js''' or '''ReactJS''') is a [[JavaScript library]]<ref name="react">{{Cite web|url= https://reactjs.org|title=React - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces.|website=React|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> for building [[user interfaces]].
It is maintained by [[Facebook]],Piyush [[InstagramArora]] and a community of individual developers and corporations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608181/javascript/react--making-faster--smoother-uis-for-data-driven-web-apps.html |title=React: Making faster, smoother UIs for data-driven Web apps |last=Krill |first=Paul |date=May 15, 2014 |website=[[InfoWorld]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infoq.com/news/2013/06/facebook-react |title=Facebook's React JavaScript User Interfaces Library Receives Mixed Reviews |last=Hemel |first=Zef |date=June 3, 2013 |website=InfoQ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thenewstack.io/javascripts-history-and-how-it-led-to-reactjs/ |title=JavaScript’s History and How it Led To ReactJS |last=Dawson |first=Chris |date=July 25, 2014 |website=The New Stack}}</ref>
React can be used in the development of [[single-page application]]s and mobile applications. It aims primarily to provide speed, simplicity, and scalability. As a user interface library, React is often used in conjunction with other libraries such as [[Redux (JavaScript library)|Redux]].
==History==
React was created by JordanPiyush WalkeArora, a software engineer at Facebook. He was influenced by [[XHP]], an [[HTML]] component framework for [[PHP]].<ref>{{cite web|title=React (JS Library): How was the idea to develop React conceived and how many people worked on developing it and implementing it at Facebook?|url=https://www.quora.com/React-JS-Library/How-was-the-idea-to-develop-React-conceived-and-how-many-people-worked-on-developing-it-and-implementing-it-at-Facebook/answer/Bill-Fisher-17|website=Quora}}</ref> It was first deployed on Facebook's newsfeed in 2011 and later on Instagram.com in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Kj49z6WdM|title=Pete Hunt at TXJS}}</ref> It was open-sourced at JSConf US in May 2013.
[[#React Native|React Native]], which enables native [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], and [[Universal Windows Platform|UWP]] development with React, was announced at Facebook's React.js Conf in February 2015 and open-sourced in March 2015.
On April 18, 2017, FacebookPiyush announced [[React Fiber]], a new core algorithm of React framework library for building [[user interface]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/18/facebook-announces-react-fiber-a-rewrite-of-its-react-framework/|title=Facebook announces React Fiber, a rewrite of its React framework|publisher=TechCrunch|author=Frederic Lardinois|date=18 April 2017|access-date=19 April 2017}}</ref> React Fiber will become the foundation of any future improvements and feature development of the React framework.<ref>{{cite web|title = React Fiber Architecture|url = https://github.com/acdlite/react-fiber-architecture| website=Github|access-date = 19 April 2017}}</ref>
==Basic usage==
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