React: Where did the name React come from?
Hello! React is really cool. I've been wondering, where does React naming come from? Is it from Reactive Programming?
It would be nice if you could tell me about the origins.
Thank you very much.
hg-pyun
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As pointed out by @gaearon in this talk the name React has an interpretation of chemical reactions, with the atomic logo, atoms participate in chemical reactions. I think the general idea though, is that it's up to your own interpretation.
adamzerella
on 16 Jan 2019
This blog post talks about the name too: https://reactjs.org/blog/2016/09/28/our-first-50000-stars.html#fbolt-is-born
ngyikp
on 17 Jan 2019
@adamzerella I was thinking to use the same video to respond it 😄
loubacking
on 17 Jan 2019
Note in my talk I'm not saying this is where it came from — just _my_ first associations with it. Need to find how Tom came up with the name. :P This is probably as close to truth as we can get without digging further: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/14606#issuecomment-455259782
gaearon
on 18 Jan 2019
Yeah I don't think we have anything beyond Jordan considering rendering "reactive" to changing inputs. Even though it's not strictly reactive programming.
gaearon
on 8 Feb 2019
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Note in my talk I'm not saying this is where it came from — just _my_ first associations with it. Need to find how Tom came up with the name. :P This is probably as close to truth as we can get without digging further: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/14606#issuecomment-455259782