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fouc on May 19, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018)

Isn't it possible to skip the compile step in react, by using hyperscript instead of JSX?

blotter_paper on May 19, 2019 [–]

Hyperscript isn't necessary. React's jsx is just getting transformed into React.createElement() calls which you can do manually: https://reactjs.org/docs/react-without-jsx.html

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