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akbar501 on Jan 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Frameworkless JavaScript

React is a view + template, not a framework.

From the React site: "React as the V in MVC".

It's perfectly normal to combine react with something like Backbone as more complete solution.

Touche on Jan 9, 2014 [–]

React components are controllers too. "componentDidMount" == controller event. They are lightweight controllers, though.

akbar501 on Jan 9, 2014 | [–]

@Touche True. It's perfectly reasonable to add a model/data layer to React as a final/complete solution. In such a situation a heavy weight controller can be skipped.

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