React is a JavaScript library for creating user interfaces by Facebook and Instagram. Many people choose to think of React as the **V** in **[MVC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller)**.
We built React to solve one problem: **building large applications with data that changes over time**. To do this, React has two main ideas:
We built React to solve one problem: **building large applications with data that changes over time**. To do this, React has two main ideas.
## Stay simple and declarative
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## Learn more
You can learn more about our motivations behind building React in [this blog post](http://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2013/06/05/why-react.html).
You can learn more about our motivations behind building React in [this blog post](http://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2013/06/05/why-react.html).