One of the great things about React is that it doesn't require the DOM as a dependency, which means it is possible to render a React application on the server and send the

React.createElement ReactElement createElement( string/ReactClass type, [object props]

If your React component's render function is "pure" (in other words, it renders the same result given the same props and state), you can use this mixin for a performance boost

React has implemented a browser-independent events and DOM system for performance and cross-browser compatibility reasons. We took the opportunity to clean up a few rough edges