React Developer Tools shows a message that i'm using an outdated version of react. I'm using 0.14.2 which is very old. But updating react to the latest version will break a lot of code. I want to upgrade react to the version that is not considered outdated as of now, and consider upgrading to latest some time later.
I feel 15.6.2 is the best i can upgrade to with out code changes. But how do i know if that version is also outdated according to React Developer Tools?
With the current plugin version, they check for various conditions. As of today anything 15 and earlier (less than 16) is considered to be "outdated" by the plugin.
To look at the specific details here is the code (line number 111).
// Seems like we're using the production version.
// However, the branch above is Stack-only so this is 15 or earlier.
return 'outdated';
React 16 was a major rewrite under the hood with changes related to the core architecture known as React-Fibre, which contains performance enhancements. It also is the first version to be released with the MIT license, hence recommended.
