Beyond the usual quick tips, let's look at both the business case and the technical side of keeping React bundles lean.

IMHO today Javascript can help to improve that balance—if used wisely. Said that, I think there is no need to generally minimize Javascript usage today any more to keep that balance.

But JavaScript, always crucial to in-browser applications, now works for desktop applications via technology such as the Electron framework, for mobile applications via frameworks like React ...

Is JavaScript or TypeScript the right choice for your webpage or microservice? Here we compare and contrast the differences between the two.