1 React – What and Why

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to do the following:

  • Describe what React is and why you would use it
  • Compare React to web projects built with just JavaScript
  • Explain the difference between imperative and declarative code
  • Differentiate between single-page applications (SPAs) and multi-page apps
  • Create new React projects

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