In response to overwhelming user requests, Microsoft has started a project to add support for a React JavaScript component to the next version of Visual Studio.

JSX, to accommodate the React approach of coding, makes extensive use of embedded HTML within JavaScript used to compose React components, the building blocks of the library. Last week, Web Essentials ...

As promised in February, Microsoft embraced the wildly popular React JavaScript library in Visual Studio 2015 by providing built-in support for its JSX syntax. So I took it for a spin. It works.

Beyond the usual quick tips, let's look at both the business case and the technical side of keeping React bundles lean.