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> React is pure JS, no string parsing is involved at runtime (JSX is just function calls [1]). Why does this matter? React still eventually compiles down to D
by omegabravo 8y ago
> React is pure JS, no string parsing is involved at runtime (JSX is just function calls [1]).
Why does this matter? React still eventually compiles down to DOM operations whether that be innerHTML or XML modifications.
- dmitriid 8y agoTo quote stevebmark [1] --- quote --- …we’ve learned not to write code in strings. You’d think this would be a fundamental law of software engineering … Writing code, not strings, means you can do everything to it that you can do to code. You can type check code. You can lint it. You can optimize it, compile it, validate it, syntax highlight it, format it with tools like Prettier, tree shake it… --- end quote --- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18511943 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18511943