In response to overwhelming user requests, Microsoft has started a project to add support for a React JavaScript component to the next version of Visual Studio.

As promised in February, Microsoft embraced the wildly popular React JavaScript library in Visual Studio 2015 by providing built-in support for its JSX syntax. So I took it for a spin. It works.

If you're using React to process your JSX code then your TypeScript file actually generates a JavaScript file with React-based code that will write the div element out to your page.

Beyond the usual quick tips, let's look at both the business case and the technical side of keeping React bundles lean.