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0 pointstlrobinson6y ago0 comments

For the record, an equivalent React component is equally simple:

   export default () => <div>{1+1}</div>

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RobertRoberts6y ago· 2 in thread

Now try and run that in a browser.

This is neither valid JS or HTML.

JMTQp8lwXL6y ago

> export default () => <div>{1+1}</div>

export default function () { return React.createElement('div', null, 1 + 1) };

If your concern is for beginners, I can appreciate that. But for anybody developing an enterprise grade application, using a transpiler isn't an appreciable barrier to entry. For beginners, there's create-react-app, vue cli, and angular cli. So you can get started immediately, without even knowing what a transpiler is.

RobertRoberts6y ago

While I risk starting a pointless argument my readings about React have been that it's only javascript functions.

But in reality it's a DSL.

I have never read anyone bragging about DSLs in javascript. So react's marketing seems dodgy.

Also is Babel a transpiler or compiler for JSX? And is React useful without JSX?

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