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title: "what is react js"  
description: "what is react js"  
author: "Disha nagpal"  
published: 2020-07-07  
updated: 2020-07-07  
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category: "software"  
tags: ["software", "javascript"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# what is react js

what is [react](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327892/react-why-it-just-makes-sense-for-web-development) js

## Answers

### Answer by Rahul Roi

![what is react js](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/687818a1-f0a3-4d8f-941b-1d45207029e8/images/d96f8b2b-ef29-48f7-8b1a-3dbe43d27ffc.jpeg)\

Whereas the ReactJS is JavaScript library used for building reusable UI components. From to the React official documentation, following is the definition −

The [**ReactJS**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_(web_framework)) is a library for building composable user interfaces. This encourages the creation of reusable UI components, which present data that changes over time. A Lot of peoples use ReactJS as the V in MVC. Where the ReactJS abstracts away the DOM from you, offering a simpler programming model and better performance. The ReactJS can also render on the server using NodeJS, and it can power native apps using React Native. The ReactJS implements one-way reactive data flow, which reduces the boilerplate and is easier to reason about than traditional data binding. [**WHAT IS JAVASCRIPT**](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155983/what-is-javascript)

1. The JavaScript (or JS) is a scripting language used to create and control dynamic web content.
2. The dynamic web content includes things like animated graphics, photo slideshows, and interactive forms.
3. All time you visit a website where things move, refresh, or otherwise change on your screen without requiring you to manually reload a web page, there’s a very good chance JS is the language making it happen.


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