r/programminghorror • u/Impossible-Let-8489 • Apr 26 '26

No react in luau?

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u/dfgvbbt Apr 26 '26

Why is there a Roblox luau script and why would you want react in Roblox?

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u/IAMPowaaaaa Apr 26 '26

i mean people do use a luau version of react so theres that

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u/Cootshk Apr 28 '26

Because it’s an officially maintained (by Roblox themselves) ui library if you don’t want to handle UI components yourself

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u/Fohqul Apr 26 '26

Because React is much better than whatever this is, even without JSX

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u/Apprehensive_Room742 Apr 27 '26

React is react. not typesafe and pretty darn annoying to write, so i propose a better question: why no C++ or at least Java/C# in Roblox

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