What is React?

React, sometimes referred to as a frontend JavaScript framework, is a JavaScript library created by Facebook.

React is a tool for building UI components.

React.JS History

The current version of React is 18.1.0, which was released on September 12, 2023. Initial Release to the Public (V0.3.0) was in July 2013. React.JS was first used in 2011 for Facebook's Newsfeed feature. Facebook Software Engineer, Jordan Walke, created it. Current version of create-react-app is v5.0.1 (April 2022). create-react-app includes built tools such as webpack, Babel, and ESLint.