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What is React?

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. React enables users to create interactive UIs. Design simple views for each state in an application, and React will update and render just the right components when data changes. React is…

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July 21, 2021
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In the project that I am working on, the front end of the main website is built with React JS. We have been working on it for the last 3 …
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React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. React enables users to create interactive UIs. Design simple views for each state in an application, and React will update and render just the right components when data changes. React is available free and open source under the MIT…

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React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. React enables users to create interactive UIs. Design simple views for each state in an application, and React will update and render just the right components when data changes. React is available free and open source under the MIT license.

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The most common users of React are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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React has become a go-to choice for organizations looking to develop web interfaces and manage code bases efficiently. Its popularity stems from its ability to optimize the re-rendering process, making user interfaces with large data responsive. Users have found that React's component-based architecture and dynamic data handling simplify scalability and maintenance, addressing business problems related to website appearance and maintainability. The lightweight and testable nature of React components allows for seamless UI development and a better developer experience. Additionally, React's fast performance, achieved through its virtual DOM, ensures quick rendering and updating of components. With an active community offering resources and tutorials, React is widely adopted in various departments and organizations for developing websites, content management systems, and full-stack projects with cross-platform compatibility. Its flexibility, ease of use, and integration capabilities with other plugins make it suitable for single-page application development as well. As a result, React continues to gain popularity among developers, leading to its inclusion in upcoming projects and making it an attractive framework for recruitment purposes.

Versatile State Management: Users have praised React for its highly versatile state management capabilities, allowing developers to tailor their solutions based on specific requirements. This flexibility has been appreciated by many reviewers and has enabled them to effectively manage state in their applications.

Efficient Code Organization: Many users have highlighted React's ability to effectively organize code, resulting in a streamlined development process. This feature has allowed developers to maintain a structured and maintainable codebase, facilitating collaboration among team members and making it easier to understand and maintain the code over time.

Improved Performance with Virtual DOM: Reviewers have appreciated React's speed and efficiency, particularly with its virtual DOM implementation. The optimization of re-rendering and display updates has resulted in faster and smoother user interfaces. This improved performance contributes to a better overall user experience when using React-based applications.

Challenging state management: Some users have found React's state management challenging, particularly when dealing with deeply nested components and passing data up or down the component tree. This has led to difficulties in reading and maintaining code.

Steep learning curve: Several reviewers have expressed frustration with the learning curve associated with React, especially for those who are more familiar with other web development patterns. The higher learning curve of thinking in React has been a challenge for some users.

Cumbersome setup process: Setting up React applications, especially when using webpack, can be cumbersome according to user feedback. However, tools like Create React App can help expedite the setup process and mitigate this issue.

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Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
React is a JavaScript user interface construction library that works well for:
  • Developing web apps with dynamic and complicated user interfaces.
  • creating reusable UI elements that may be used in other applications.
  • creating single-page applications with dynamic content updates that don't require a page reload.
  • The Virtual DOM's effective updating mechanism allows it to handle large volumes of data updates.
React, on the other hand, might be less suitable for:
  • Websites that are simple, stagnant, and have no interaction. Other libraries or simple HTML, CSS, and JavaScript may be a better fit in such circumstances.
  • Web sockets may be a better choice for applications that need real-time updates, such as chat or gaming apps.
  • When creating mobile apps, React Native is a better option.
  • Server side rendering only, as React is designed to run on the client side.
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
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If you wish to build fast, snappy single-page apps where you need wide support from the community for additional components, then go for React. The learning curve can be a bit steep if you have never worked on any declarative programming before, but once you get used to it, it becomes pretty straightforward.
César Costas Carrera | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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If you're writing a site with multiple pages, and any kind of interactivity (click, navigation, opening modals, etc.), React is a suitable option.

If you're writing a single page, with no navigation and just displaying information (you probably don't even need javascript), then React is an overload.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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React is great for very interactive experiences like search filters, dynamic forms, graphs and charts, and anything else where immediate interaction vastly improves the user experience. For very simple content that could be server-rendered and there are existing rails (or similar) backend in place, that can often be a better choice. But the advantages of a static React frontend are easy cachability on a CDN, pre-rendered content with tools like Gatsby, and easy deployment to platforms like Netlify or Amazon S3. React Native is also a fantastic tool for creating cross-platform applications that need to run on both iOS and Android.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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React is great for people who are trying to build complex single page web applications. It is intuitive for developers, encourages modularity through components, and provides a web app this will scale. React may not be suited as well for simple websites or static content. However, this is changing with frameworks like Gatsby which allow you to build static HTML websites using React.
Erik Ralston | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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In a so-called "Single Page Application (SPA)" or "Progressive Web Application (PWA)," or any app where there's user interaction without leaving the current page, React is excellent for providing a flexible presentation layer or view layer. While it doesn't provide a full data model, it does provide basic state management around components that integrates with virtually any other client-side framework. Also, with "React Native", the mobile implementation of the same library, one can write JSX and have it render components in a mobile app.

React is likely not a good fit for websites with a big emphasis on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The requirement to render the UI with JavaScript means it's unlikely to be easily crawled by a search engine. This means it's unsuitable for applications like Marketing websites or blogs. Similarly, React doesn't work for situations where you can only use static HTML (EG, HTML e-mail).







Larry Reed | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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React is really great when you want to build something that is highly fluid, with a lot of data driven display elements. It allows you to describe the DOM in programmatic terms, which makes your display output faster and more efficient. But if you have a highly static page, then it adds a lot of overhead just to get something basic up.
Anudeep Palanki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
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Well suited for:
- Building performance intensive web interfaces.
- Making responsive user interfaces that deal with large data.
- Asynchronously retrieving data and partial DOM updates.
- Clean organized code.
- Building interfaces in multiple platforms (thanks to React Native)

Its less suited if:
- You are unwilling to think in React.
Joshua Weaver | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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If I were just adding small components that needed to do simple things in a web page, I would probably not choose React. It kinda feels like a big hammer for a little nail like that. There is a bit more overhead in library size to accomplish smaller tasks.

With that being said, I feel like React is a great choice for medium to larger size web applications that have lots of moving parts. Using it will help you structure your app more efficiently overall.

There are some areas that are still frustrating and include lots of boilerplate with React (which have been alleviated with certain libraries).
  • Just getting started can be a battle - Use Create React App to get off the ground faster
  • State management can get difficult - Use Redux if necessary
  • Form handling can be laborious - Use Formik or something similar
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