Omar N. answered • 03/19/19
Full Stack Developer with a background in geographic data
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The documentation at reactjs.org states it is a Javascript library for building user interfaces which is declarative and component-based.
Declarative refers to its syntax. It is written in a way to prioritize simplicity for interactive User Interfaces at different DOM states.
It is component-based meaning it faciliates using re-useable code. You could imagine the header of this forum page as a component. If i'd like to use the same header in another project, I can just use the same header file.
