A Love Letter to React

This text discusses the impact of React on frontend and backend development, particularly in the context of Phoenix LiveView. The author highlights how React introduced a reactive HTML-aware component model, colocated markup directly in app code, and focus on efficiency. These concepts were later adopted by Phoenix LiveView, which uses an HTML-aware component system for building UIs. The text also emphasizes the importance of keeping tightly coupled pieces of code together and making UI components extensible through HTML-aware components and slots. Additionally, it mentions how React's virtual DOM features inspired optimizations in server-side frameworks like Phoenix LiveView.