React and Webpack are both awesome, they both work across server and client, they complement each other rather well. Obviously they are mentioned together a lot

React and Webpack are both awesome, they both work across server and client, they complement each other rather well. Obviously they are mentioned together a lot. You can use React without Webpack just fine, as the article shows you can use React without any bundler at all. But it is just so much better with Webpack. When you really start making components and put them in separate files, the raw approach in the article will not scale very well.