class vs className in React 16

Question

I saw that React 16 allows for attributes to be passed through to the DOM. So, that means \'class\' can be used instead of className, right?

I\'m just wondering if

Answer 1

In ReactJS, we are dealing with JSX and not HTML as you all know. The JSX wants you to use className because it is an underlying javascript DOM API! class being a reserved keyword in JS is not the primary reason why we are not using class and instead, using className. It is because we are referring to that DOM API