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JSX (JavaScript)
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<p>JSX (sometimes referred to as JavaScript XML) is an XML-like extension to the <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> language syntax. Initially created by <a href="/facts/Meta_Platforms/ylApt16y">Facebook</a> for use with <a href="/facts/React_(JavaScript_library)/wEllNzoY">React</a>, JSX has been adopted by multiple <a href="/facts/Web_framework/8f1CVHDX">web frameworks</a>.: 5 : 11 Being a <a href="/facts/Syntactic_sugar/FYkNSdTI">syntactic sugar</a>, JSX is generally <a href="/facts/Transpiler/MnSVwoe9">transpiled</a> into nested JavaScript function calls structurally similar to the original JSX. </p>