React JS - Versions History

React JS - Versions History

Version	Month	Description
0.3	May 2013	First Version was introduced concepts of components & Virtual DOM.
0.4	October 2013	This version introduced the ability to render components on server side & improved performance.
0.5	November 2013	The focus of this release was on improving performance & fix bugs.
0.6	February 2014	Flux Architecture was introduced. It provided unidirectional flow.
0.7	March 2014	React elements which allows developers to create and manipulate React Components.
0.8	May 2014	Brought significant improvements to server side rendering & introduced new life cycle methods for components.
0.9	June 2014	Introduction to React Developer Tools, a browser extension for Inspecting  and Debugging React Components.
0.10	July  2014	Performance Improvements & Bug Fixes.
0.11	September 2014	Introduced more compact representation of React Components resulting in better performance & small bundle sizes.
0.12	October 2014	Introduction of React Native.

 

0.13	March 2015	New way  of defining components using classes, known as "ES6 classes". It also included various improvements & bug fixed.
0.14	October 2015	Introduced of React’s official package manager npm.
React 15	April 2016	Introduced a major change by  separating React into two packages : React & React React DOM.  It also included performance optimization & bug fixes.
React 16 (Major Release)	September 2017	Improvements including Fiber Reconciliation engine, Error Handling enhancements, Server Side Rendering. Introduced concept of React Portals for rendering components.
React 17	October 2020	Improved ECO System inside the application according to their future updates.
React 18	September 2021	Concurrent Rendering : It allows React to work on multiple tasks simultaneously. React Server Components : A new way to build components that can be rendered on the server & sent to the client as HTML. This features aims to improve server side rendering experience & performance. Improved Developer Tools