New React version promises near-native performance

Facebook's plans for its React JavaScript library include rewriting the library's internals to improve visual performance and make web apps more like native ones.The React 16 upgrade will feature Fiber, a new reconciliation algorithm that improves responsiveness. GitHub notes on React written in January say, "Fiber gives us a solid foundation to improve React core in numerous ways.... We intend to ship it with React 16 by default."[ Use JavaScript in your dev shop? InfoWorld looks at 17 JavaScri