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=== Virtual DOM ===

Another notable feature is the use of a virtual [[Document Object Model]], or [[Virtual DOM]]. React creates an [[In-memory processing|in-memory]] data-structure cache, computes the resulting differences, and then updates the browser's displayed DOM efficiently.<ref name="React Blog">{{cite web |title=Refs and the DOM |url=https://reactjs.org/docs/refs-and-the-dom.html |access-date=2021-07-19 |website=React Blog |archive-date=2022-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807171328/https://reactjs.org/docs/refs-and-the-dom.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This process is called '''reconciliation'''. This allows the programmer to write code as if the entire page is rendered on each change, while React only renders the components that actually change. This selective rendering provides a major performance boost.<ref name="Codecademy">{{Cite web |title=React: The Virtual DOM |url=https://www.codecademy.com/articles/react-virtual-dom |access-date=2021-10-14 |website=Codecademy |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028172953/https://www.codecademy.com/articles/react-virtual-dom |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Aggarwal">{{cite web |last1=Aggarwal |first1=Sanchit |title=Modern Web-Development using ReactJS |url=https://ijrra.net/Vol5issue1/IJRRA-05-01-27.pdf |website=International Journal of Recent Research Aspects |access-date=11 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417143754/https://ijrra.net/Vol5issue1/IJRRA-05-01-27.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2024 |pages=133-137 |date=March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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React was created by Jordan Walke, a software engineer at [[Meta Platforms|Meta]], who initially developed a prototype called "F-Bolt"<ref name="Youtube-2023">{{cite web |title=React.js: The Documentary |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=8pDqJVdNa44%3Fsi%3DFMJqegC4dPtwKP__&t=528 |website=Youtube | date=10 February 2023 |publisher=Honeypot |access-date=2024-05-27 |archive-date=2024-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119211307/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pDqJVdNa44%3Fsi%3DFMJqegC4dPtwKP__&t=528 |url-status=live }}</ref> before later renaming it to "FaxJS". This early version is documented in Jordan Walke's GitHub repository.{{ref|Walke, Jordan. "FaxJS." GitHub. https://github.com/jordwalke/FaxJs. Accessed 11 July 2019.}} Influences for the project included [[XHP]], an [[HTML]] component library for [[PHP]].

React was first deployed on Facebook's [[News Feed]] in 2011 and subsequently integrated into [[Instagram]] in 2012.<ref name="Lopez">{{Citationcite web needed|last1=Lopez |first1=Marny |title=Why React is so widely adopted by web developers? |url=https://www.devlane.com/blog/why-react-is-so-widely-adopted-by-web-developers |website=Devlane |access-date=February11 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620092857/https://www.devlane.com/blog/why-react-is-so-widely-adopted-by-web-developers |archive-date=20 June 2024 |date=13 May 2024 |url-status=live}}.</ref> In May 2013, at JSConf US, the project was officially open-sourced, marking a significant turning point in its adoption and growth.{{ref|Hámori, Emergent. "React – The Pragmatic Guide." 2022.}}

[[React Native]], which enables native [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], and [[Universal Windows Platform|UWP]] development with React, was announced at Facebook's React Conf in February 2015 and open-sourced in March 2015.