React enables us to write isomorphic applications that pre-render on the server and then respond to user interaction on the client side.

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Introduction to Isomorphic React

react-engine from Paypal eliminates the need for third-party template engines and allows us to use [JSX](https://egghead.io/lessons/jsx-deep-dive) directly to generate server side views in [Express](https://egghead.io/lessons/nodejs-first-api-with-node-js-express-and-mongodb).

Use JSX as an Express templating engine with react-engine

Outside of providing an [express](https://egghead.io/lessons/nodejs-first-api-with-node-js-express-and-mongodb) template engine for JSX, react-engine allows us to utilize the same templates for client side interaction.

Isomorphic React with react-engine

In React, Using react-router (which installs alongside react-engine), we can create isomorphic routing for our application.

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