Learning Node.js and React while building a product

Re:Learning Node.js and React while building a product by foota on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:02PM (#14548619)

Fwiw I think "compiled to" is a bit of a misnomer. From my understanding it's more like a DSL that gets interpreted by the renderer.

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Re:Learning Node.js and React while building a product by ng12 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:28PM (#14548814)

I think compilation is fair wording -- JSX is just sugar around the createElement API. : https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/react-api.html#createe...

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Re:Learning Node.js and React while building a product by foota on Saturday June 17, 2017 @08:29AM (#14575607)

A bit late, but my thought is that compiled to js/Dom api to me implies that it's compiled directly to document.createElement and friends.

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