JSX is a Lovechild
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🌳Last tended Jan 20, 2019
React
JavaScript
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Web Development
If you've had the pleasure of trying to stumble your way through learning React, you'll have been through the adjustment phase with JSX. Putting HTML and JS side-by-side feels like it's violating the internet rules at first. It's just a new mashup - an awkward lovechild.
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