{"id":1526,"date":"2021-08-16T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T09:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2025-08-25T09:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:09:45","slug":"the-world-of-react","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/whitepapers\/the-world-of-react.html","title":{"rendered":"React for Tech Leaders: A Whitepaper on Its Enduring Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the world of tech and web development taking immeasurable strides with time, the practices that were popular just a year ago are not as relevant. Technologies are rising and falling, the question of the popularity of ReactJs is a popular one amongst developers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the whitepaper titled \u201cThe World of React\u201d, we explore the popularity of React and its relevance in 2023, and its edge over other web development tech stacks. Built by Facebook and released to the public at the JSConf in 2013, this tech stack has stood the test of time. We\u2019ve penned a TLDR of the whitepaper below about our insights of React\u2019s popularity below.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1687 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Icons-02-min-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Facts about React Development\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1006\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Icons-02-min-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Icons-02-min-2-768x302.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1006;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TLDR: Why is React popular?<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cross- platform capabilities:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Built on top of Javascript, it has cross platform capabilities making it a popular choice for Frontend development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Responsive UI:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> React app development results in an agile and responsive UI for web applications.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Uses a VDOM:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> React functions over a virtual DOM and it has the ability to create a new one when there is an underlying change in the app.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Minimal Effort:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> React excels at being completely readable as it focuses on the fundamentals of a programming language.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Deploy Updates:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> React programming is one of the most essential skills for a programmer to have as it makes it easy to roll out updates.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>AngularJS vs React JS:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The whitepaper also offers a comparison between the two Frontend development platforms as well as a differentiation between TypeScript &amp; JavaScript.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1692 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Icons-03-1-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Companies that use React\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1917\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Icons-03-1-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Icons-03-1-1-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Icons-03-1-1-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.codecrafttech.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Icons-03-1-1-2048x1534.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1917;\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a thorough understanding about what our experts think of React\u2019s standing in today\u2019s age and its growing popularity, please download the whitepaper by clicking on the Download CTA button present on this page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the world of tech and web development taking immeasurable strides with time, the practices that were popular just a year ago are not as relevant. 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