React
React is a popular open-source, frontend JavaScript library used for building user interfaces. It was developed by Facebook and is now maintained by a community of developers. React is a powerful library that simplifies the process of building dynamic and interactive user interfaces. React’s virtual DOM makes it highly efficient, allowing it to update the user interface without needing to re-render the entire page. It’s also highly customizable and modular, allowing developers to build and maintain complex applications with ease
PROS
- React is a component-based architecture that makes it easy to manage and maintain code
- It is highly scalable and can be used to build large and complex applications
- It provides a virtual DOM that allows for efficient updates to the UI, resulting in improved performance
- It's highly customizable and modular, allowing developers to build and maintain complex applications with ease
- Its large and active community provides a wealth of support and resources
CONS
- React can be difficult to learn for developers who are new to the library or to JavaScript
- It requires a certain level of understanding of JavaScript and other web development technologies
- Because it's a library and not a full framework, developers may need to add additional functionality from other libraries or tools
best suited for
- Building complex and interactive user interfaces for web applications
- Creating mobile applications using React Native
- Building single-page applications (SPAs) that require high performance and scalability.
- Creating reusable UI components for use across multiple applications.
popular examples
Facebook, Instagram, Netflix and Airbnb are all built using React. It is also widely used in the development of mobile applications, such as Facebook’s mobile app and Bloomberg’s mobile app
