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'''React''' (also known as '''React.js''' or '''ReactJS''') is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[Front end and back end|front-end]] [[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]]
React can be used as a base in the development of [[single-page application|single-page]] or mobile applications. However, React is only concerned with state management and rendering that state to the [[Document Object Model|DOM]], so creating React applications usually requires the use of additional libraries for routing, as well as certain client-side functionality.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://medium.freecodecamp.org/integrating-create-react-app-redux-react-router-redux-observable-bootstrap-altogether-216db97e89a3|title=How to integrate create-react-app with all the libraries you need to make a great app|last=Dere|first=Mohan|date=2018-02-19|work=freeCodeCamp|access-date=2018-06-14}}</ref>
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