Internal Development of 'FaxJS'
Jordan Walke begins developing a prototype JavaScript library, initially named 'FaxJS,' which later evolved into React, to address UI development challenges at Facebook, particularly for the Ads Manager.
Significance
This marks the conceptual birth of React and its core rendering mechanism (which would become ReactDOM), laying the groundwork for a new approach to UI development.
Key facts
- Year
- 2011
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Facebook HQ, Menlo Park, California, USA