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    Trace React's evolution from the days of jQuery spaghetti code to today's component-based architecture. Learn core concepts, terminology, and step-by-step fundamentals for building modern web applications.

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    React breaks applications into reusable components, manages state effectively, and uses a 'virtual DOM' to make updates super efficient, changing the approach from imperative to declarative programming.

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