 it’s a “dire” situation. “Lots of things have to be on the table because of the financial challenges that we have,” the finance minister told reporters.

New Democrats won May’s surprise majority by sweeping the Edmonton area and making inroads in Calgary and the rural north. A badly bungled farm bill, however, hurt them dearly in the countryside, and continued economic pain may wound the leader further in Calgary.

Notley has until spring 2019 before voters must judge whether she’s done a “pretty good” or “not bad” job, or worse. It’s become exceedingly hard lately to place bets on Alberta politics; 3½ years ago, Tory premier Alison Redford had just won a stunner over the Wildrose’s Danielle Smith, and now both are in political exile. It’s even harder to predict what shape the opposition will take, as Wildrose bids to consolidate Alberta’s right wing, while the third-place PCs head into 2016 deep in debt and with no clear plans for its leadership contest or anybody leaping to pursue that once-shiny prize. The year ahead will help clarify whether Alberta can still bleed Notley orange, or if it’s simply bleeding. A few months ago I had, what I thought, was a simple question that I posted to Twitter.

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What surprised me wasn’t the joint confusion around this question, but instead was the number of inaccurate responses I received.

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The primary reason for the confusion is that there’s an often un-talked about abstraction layer between JSX and what’s actually going on in React land. To answer this question, we need to take a deep dive into that abstraction.

Let’s start by looking at the absolute fundamentals of React. What is React? It’s a library for building user interfaces. No matter how complex React or the React ecosystem seem to be, this is React at its core — building UIs. With this in mind, we arrive at our first definition, an Element. Simply put, a React element describes what you want to see on the screen. Not so simply put, a React element is an object representation of a DOM node. Notice I used the word describe. It
it ’s a “ dire ” situation. “ Lots of things get to be on the mesa because of the financial challenges that we have, ” the finance curate told reporters. 

 New Democrats won May ’s surprise majority by cross the Edmonton area and making inroad in Calgary and the rural north. A badly bungle farm bill, however, hurt them dearly in the countryside, and continue economic pain may wound the leader further in Calgary. 

 Notley has until spring 2019 before voter must judge whether she ’s done a “ pretty estimable ” or “ not bad ” job, or bad. It ’s become exceedingly difficult lately to place bets on Alberta politics; 3½ years ago, Tory premier Alison Redford had barely won a stunner over the Wildrose ’s Danielle Smith, and now both are in political exile. It ’s even harder to predict what shape the opposition will take, as Wildrose bids to consolidate Alberta ’s right wing, while the third - place PCs head into 2016 deep in debt and with no clear plans for its leadership contest or anybody jump to pursue that once - shiny trophy. The class ahead will avail clarify whether Alberta can still bleed Notley orange, or if it ’s simply bleeding. A few months ago I had, what I thought, was a childlike question that I posted to Twitter. 

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 it’s_a “dire”_situation. “Lots of things_have to_be_on the_table_because of the_financial challenges that_we have,” the finance_minister told reporters.

New_Democrats_won May’s surprise majority by sweeping the Edmonton area and making inroads in Calgary_and_the rural_north._A_badly bungled farm bill, however,_hurt them dearly in the_countryside, and_continued economic pain may wound the leader further_in_Calgary.

Notley has until_spring 2019 before voters must judge whether she’s done_a “pretty good” or “not bad”_job, or worse._It’s_become_exceedingly hard lately to_place bets on Alberta politics; 3½_years ago, Tory premier Alison Redford_had just won a stunner over the_Wildrose’s Danielle Smith, and now both_are in political exile. It’s_even harder_to predict what shape the_opposition will take,_as Wildrose_bids to consolidate_Alberta’s right wing, while the third-place_PCs head into_2016 deep in debt and with_no_clear plans for_its_leadership_contest or_anybody leaping to_pursue_that once-shiny_prize._The year ahead will help clarify_whether_Alberta can still bleed Notley orange, or_if it’s simply bleeding._A_few months ago I_had, what I thought, was_a simple question that I posted_to Twitter.

function_add (_x, y ) { return x + y } add (_1, 2 ) class Icon extends_Component < Icon />

What_surprised me_wasn’t_the joint confusion_around_this question,_but instead was the number of inaccurate_responses I_received.

Instances / Instantiation Rendering Evaluation Invocation_“Using it :)”

The primary_reason_for the confusion is that there’s_an often un-talked about abstraction layer_between JSX and what’s actually_going_on_in React land. To answer_this question, we need to take_a deep dive_into that abstraction.

Let’s start by looking at_the_absolute fundamentals of React. What is_React?_It’s a library for building user_interfaces._No_matter how complex React or_the React ecosystem seem to be,_this is React at its core — building UIs._With this in_mind, we arrive at our_first_definition,_an Element. Simply put, a React element describes what you_want to_see on the_screen. Not so simply put, a React element is an_object representation of a DOM node. Notice_I used the word describe. It