Beyond JSX: Rethinking the Component Model in Frontend

JSX (JavaScript XML) gave developers a familiar way to write interfaces, blending HTML-like syntax with JavaScript’s power. But as applications scale in complexity, the model surrounding JSX begins to show its age.

The problem isn’t JSX itself, but the assumptions baked into how we use it. To move frontend development forward, we need to rethink the role of components and the structures we’ve built around them.

Components Are Collapsing Under the Weight of Their Own Abstractions

React started with components that were small and focused….