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Is that true? I mentioned somewhere else that being able to use vue.js without a compile step was a breath of fresh air, but I was informed that you can also use React as a drop in library without any kind of compile/transpile/task runner. I assumed the person knew what they were talking about, but I never to research it. So now I wonder what is true. Can react be used as a drop in library like vue.js?

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So long as you don't use JSX you certainly never need to transpire. I believe there is also a shim to do client side jsx parsing but is not encouraged for use with prod code

It certainly can, but the current mindshare is certainly against that (for various reasons). JSX can be used with just dropping in a second library, but performance is impacted (it has to do the compilation on the fly). If you want to use the ES2015+ features of React, you'll need a build step in between due to lack of browser support.

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