What is React? Why Use React For Your Business Website?

React is a JavaScript-based UI development library. Facebook and an open-source developer community run it. Although React is a library rather than a language, it is widely used in web development. The library first appeared in May 2013 and is now one of the most commonly used frontend libraries for web development.

React.js was released by a software engineer working for Facebook – Jordane Walke in 2011. React is a JavaScript library focused on creating declarative user interfaces (UIs) using a component-based concept. It’s used for handling the view layer and can be used for web and mobile apps. React’s main goal is to be extensive, fast,  declarative, flexible, and simple. 

There are also many other benefits to using React JS. Some of which are listed below.

1. Easy to use and learn

2. Reusable Components

3. SEO friendly

4. Support for React and Redux Hooks

5. One-way data binding, 

6. Mature, simple-to-grasp dev workflow

7. Ultimate flexibility and compatibility

8. Hassle-free reusability of components

9. High performance reinforced by Virtual DOM

10. The powers of Flux and Redux

11. Extensive toolset available

12. Unique React hooks

13. JSX syntax for extended HTML and etc.