Call it what you want. The point is instead of inventing an entirely different template language, JSX adds a little bit of HTML/XML-like syntax to JavaScript. Y

Call it what you want. The point is instead of inventing an entirely different template language, JSX adds a little bit of HTML/XML-like syntax to JavaScript. You use regular old JavaScript operators and functions for things like conditionals and loops. You don't have to use JSX with React, but the vast majority of people do, because they aren't dogmatic about it not being "pure" JavaScript or whatever.