Re:RawJS is a better way to call document.createElement()
by spoiler on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:17AM
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The TS compiler might produce something, but that's not usually enough in the context of a larger React application (eg, they often import non-ts files).
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Re:RawJS is a better way to call document.createElement()
by throwitaway1123 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @05:15PM
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> The TS compiler might produce something
It'll produce calls to React.createElement provided with: the tag name, props, and children. That's all JSX is.
> but that's not usually enough in the context of a larger React application (eg, they often import non-ts files)
React and JSX don't require you to import non-ts files. If RawJS's nascent ecosystem picks up momentum, people might start importing non-ts files in RawJS projects (e.g. css modules). My point is that there's nothing special about the RawJS api that allows you to skip a build step, and conversely, there's nothing about React that requires Babel (assuming you're already using TypeScript).