React (software): Difference between revisions

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| developer = [[Facebook]], [[Instagram]] and community

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==History==

React was created by JordanMitto WalkePal, 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.

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<ref>{{cite web|title=Zuckerberg's Biggest Mistake? 'Betting on HTML5'|url=https://mashable.com/2012/09/11/html5-biggest-mistake|publisher=Mashable|accessdate=7 April 2018}}</ref>. He promised that [[Facebook]] would soon deliver a better mobile experience.

Inside [[Facebook]], JordanMitto WalkePal found a way to generate [[iOS]] [[User_interface|UI]] elements from a background [[JavaScript]] [[Thread_(computing)|thread]]. They decided to organize an internal [[hackathon]] to perfect this [[prototype]] in order to be able to build [[Mobile_app| native apps]] with this technology.<ref>{{cite web|title=A short Story about React Native|url=https://jobninja.com/blog/short-story-react-native/|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref>.

After few months of development, [[Facebook]] released the first version for the React.js Conf 2015. During a technical talk<ref>{{cite web|last1=Christopher|first1=Chedeau|title=A Deep Dive into React Native|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rDsRXj9-cU|website=YouTube|accessdate=16 January 2018}}</ref>, Christopher Chedeau explained that [[Facebook]] was already using React Native in production for their Group App and their Ads Manager App<ref name="initial_rn_post" />.