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#72: React.js: library that won frontends?

React.js is a JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces. React applications are built on top of reusable components. Components encapsulate look and feel, logic and state. Also, React has quite an advanced state propagation mechanism. In simple words, it means that the user interface is very responsive and consistent. To improve developer experience, React typically uses JSX. An extension to JavaScript language. Let’s dive deeper into why React.js became the most popular web framework. Or library. Or both. Depends who you ask.

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