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		growtofill on June 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: React is the new jQuery Yes, React isn’t _exactly_ jQuery, but it gives the same level of productivity boost comparing to development with just the modern DOM APIs (querySelector, classList, etc).

crooked-v on June 2, 2018 [–]

For a large project, React gives you way, way, way more benefits than jQuery does.

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