---
title: "Introducing the New JSX Transform"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-new-jsx-transform-or9w0itqn
source_url: https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/09/22/introducing-the-new-jsx-transform.html
type: article
source: "React"
published: 2020-09-22T15:18:13.506Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:31:34.996Z
tags: ["general-programming", "react", "webdev"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 26
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Introducing the New JSX Transform

**[React](https://daily.dev/sources/react)** · 5 min read · 26 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

React 17 RC includes support for a new version of the JSX transform. Upgrading to the new transform is completely optional, but it has a few benefits. It will enable future improvements that reduce the number of concepts you need to learn React. There are some performance improvements and simplifications that React.createElement does not allow.

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**@idoshamun** · 0 upvotes

> Nice! No need to import React anymore just to use JSX

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