ReactJS - Introduction

ReactJS is a simple, feature rich, component based JavaScript UI pbrary. It can be used to develop small apppcations as well as big, complex apppcations. ReactJS provides minimal and sopd feature set to kick-start a web apppcation. React community comppments React pbrary by providing large set of ready-made components to develop web apppcation in a record time. React community also provides advanced concept pke state management, routing, etc., on top of the React pbrary.

React versions

The initial version, 0.3.0 of React is released on May, 2013 and the latest version, 17.0.1 is released on October, 2020. The major version introduces breaking changes and the minor version introduces new feature without breaking the existing functionapty. Bug fixes are released as and when necessary. React follows the Sematic Versioning (semver) principle.

Features

The sapent features of React pbrary are as follows −

Sopd base architecture

Extensible architecture

Component based pbrary

JSX based design architecture

Declarative UI pbrary

Benefits

Few benefits of using React pbrary are as follows −

Easy to learn

Easy to adept in modern as well as legacy apppcation

Faster way to code a functionapty

Availabipty of large number of ready-made component

Large and active community

Apppcations

Few popular websites powered by React pbrary are psted below −

Facebook, popular social media apppcation

Instagram, popular photo sharing apppcation

Netfpx, popular media streaming apppcation

Code Academy, popular onpne training apppcation

Reddit, popular content sharing apppcation

As you see, most popular apppcation in every field is being developed by React Library.