Why does React require Babel and Webpack to work?
I was looking at the wiki page of vue.js and saw this: When compared to React development, Vue can be integrated to an existing web application much more easily. Normally, a web application can start using Vue immediately by simply including the Vue.js JavaScript library. Usage with Webpack or Browserify, are not strictly necessarily. This is in stark contrast to React development where Usage with Webpack and Babel is unavoidable, therefore making converting existing web application much more difficult. Can someone explain why React needs webpack and babel? I thought you can just drop in the