What is Preact?
Preact is a lightweight, 3kB UI framework that provides the same ES6 API as React, enabling developers to build high-performing, feature-rich applications. With virtual DOM components and extensive React compatibility, Preact offers a familiar development experience, allowing developers to leverage existing knowledge and reusable components. The framework includes essential features such as JSX, Virtual DOM, React DevTools support, Hot Module Replacement, and Server-Side Rendering, empowering organizations to efficiently connect customers, products, people, and processes. Preact's highly optimized diffing algorithm and asynchronous rendering with a pluggable scheduler ensure smooth and seamless performance, driving digital transformation and increased productivity
Highlights
- Familiar React API and patterns with ES6 Class and Functional Components
- Extensive React compatibility via a simple preact-compat alias
- Includes essential features like JSX, VDOM, React DevTools, HMR, and SSR
- Highly optimized diffing algorithm for efficient Virtual DOM updates
- Transparent asynchronous rendering with a pluggable scheduler