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I'm fairly new to ReactJS and have been learning a bit and JSX. I'm converting my personal website from HTML/JS to React.



What is the difference in using for example:



React.createElement("div", {className: "row"}, ------)


and in JSX (with a corresponding component of "LayoutRowDiv.js" doing the exact above, really.



<LayoutRowDiv> ------------- </LayoutRowDiv>


Which would be best practice? I've coded a bit of my homepage using both methods and to be honest, the first version looks cleaner?



Just looking some opinions and thoughts as maybe I'm misunderstanding something.



I've attached both the snippets.



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    I'm fairly new to ReactJS and have been learning a bit and JSX. I'm converting my personal website from HTML/JS to React.



    What is the difference in using for example:



    React.createElement("div", {className: "row"}, ------)


    and in JSX (with a corresponding component of "LayoutRowDiv.js" doing the exact above, really.



    <LayoutRowDiv> ------------- </LayoutRowDiv>


    Which would be best practice? I've coded a bit of my homepage using both methods and to be honest, the first version looks cleaner?



    Just looking some opinions and thoughts as maybe I'm misunderstanding something.



    I've attached both the snippets.



    enter image description here



    enter image description here










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      I'm fairly new to ReactJS and have been learning a bit and JSX. I'm converting my personal website from HTML/JS to React.



      What is the difference in using for example:



      React.createElement("div", {className: "row"}, ------)


      and in JSX (with a corresponding component of "LayoutRowDiv.js" doing the exact above, really.



      <LayoutRowDiv> ------------- </LayoutRowDiv>


      Which would be best practice? I've coded a bit of my homepage using both methods and to be honest, the first version looks cleaner?



      Just looking some opinions and thoughts as maybe I'm misunderstanding something.



      I've attached both the snippets.



      enter image description here



      enter image description here










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      I'm fairly new to ReactJS and have been learning a bit and JSX. I'm converting my personal website from HTML/JS to React.



      What is the difference in using for example:



      React.createElement("div", {className: "row"}, ------)


      and in JSX (with a corresponding component of "LayoutRowDiv.js" doing the exact above, really.



      <LayoutRowDiv> ------------- </LayoutRowDiv>


      Which would be best practice? I've coded a bit of my homepage using both methods and to be honest, the first version looks cleaner?



      Just looking some opinions and thoughts as maybe I'm misunderstanding something.



      I've attached both the snippets.



      enter image description here



      enter image description here







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          The JSX is just a syntatic sugar over React.createElement with no added functionality. Its is more of a developer preference on which should be used. Apart from the fact that you would be saving a few babel modules and steps during build time which is close to negligible impact to performance if you chose React.createElement, I would say both fare the same.



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            This is brilliant - Exactly what i wanted to hear. I thought I was going crazy thinking which I should use. I obviously understand that some Elements would be better as a component to reduce code duplication. Thank you for your answer, completely set my mind at peace now!
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            done! Thanks again
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          The JSX is just a syntatic sugar over React.createElement with no added functionality. Its is more of a developer preference on which should be used. Apart from the fact that you would be saving a few babel modules and steps during build time which is close to negligible impact to performance if you chose React.createElement, I would say both fare the same.



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            This is brilliant - Exactly what i wanted to hear. I thought I was going crazy thinking which I should use. I obviously understand that some Elements would be better as a component to reduce code duplication. Thank you for your answer, completely set my mind at peace now!
            – 93Alan
            Nov 22 at 11:46










          • @93Alan Happy to help. Please accept the answer if it clarifies your doubt.
            – Easwar
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            done! Thanks again
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          The JSX is just a syntatic sugar over React.createElement with no added functionality. Its is more of a developer preference on which should be used. Apart from the fact that you would be saving a few babel modules and steps during build time which is close to negligible impact to performance if you chose React.createElement, I would say both fare the same.



          Read more here






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            This is brilliant - Exactly what i wanted to hear. I thought I was going crazy thinking which I should use. I obviously understand that some Elements would be better as a component to reduce code duplication. Thank you for your answer, completely set my mind at peace now!
            – 93Alan
            Nov 22 at 11:46










          • @93Alan Happy to help. Please accept the answer if it clarifies your doubt.
            – Easwar
            Nov 22 at 12:04








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            done! Thanks again
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            Nov 22 at 12:06













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          The JSX is just a syntatic sugar over React.createElement with no added functionality. Its is more of a developer preference on which should be used. Apart from the fact that you would be saving a few babel modules and steps during build time which is close to negligible impact to performance if you chose React.createElement, I would say both fare the same.



          Read more here






          share|improve this answer












          The JSX is just a syntatic sugar over React.createElement with no added functionality. Its is more of a developer preference on which should be used. Apart from the fact that you would be saving a few babel modules and steps during build time which is close to negligible impact to performance if you chose React.createElement, I would say both fare the same.



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            This is brilliant - Exactly what i wanted to hear. I thought I was going crazy thinking which I should use. I obviously understand that some Elements would be better as a component to reduce code duplication. Thank you for your answer, completely set my mind at peace now!
            – 93Alan
            Nov 22 at 11:46










          • @93Alan Happy to help. Please accept the answer if it clarifies your doubt.
            – Easwar
            Nov 22 at 12:04








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            done! Thanks again
            – 93Alan
            Nov 22 at 12:06














          • 1




            This is brilliant - Exactly what i wanted to hear. I thought I was going crazy thinking which I should use. I obviously understand that some Elements would be better as a component to reduce code duplication. Thank you for your answer, completely set my mind at peace now!
            – 93Alan
            Nov 22 at 11:46










          • @93Alan Happy to help. Please accept the answer if it clarifies your doubt.
            – Easwar
            Nov 22 at 12:04








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            done! Thanks again
            – 93Alan
            Nov 22 at 12:06








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          This is brilliant - Exactly what i wanted to hear. I thought I was going crazy thinking which I should use. I obviously understand that some Elements would be better as a component to reduce code duplication. Thank you for your answer, completely set my mind at peace now!
          – 93Alan
          Nov 22 at 11:46




          This is brilliant - Exactly what i wanted to hear. I thought I was going crazy thinking which I should use. I obviously understand that some Elements would be better as a component to reduce code duplication. Thank you for your answer, completely set my mind at peace now!
          – 93Alan
          Nov 22 at 11:46












          @93Alan Happy to help. Please accept the answer if it clarifies your doubt.
          – Easwar
          Nov 22 at 12:04






          @93Alan Happy to help. Please accept the answer if it clarifies your doubt.
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