# babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx > Turn JSX into React function calls ## Example ### React **In** ```javascript var profile =

{[user.firstName, user.lastName].join(' ')}

; ``` **Out** ```javascript var profile = React.createElement("div", null, React.createElement("img", { src: "avatar.png", className: "profile" }), React.createElement("h3", null, [user.firstName, user.lastName].join(" ")) ); ``` ### Custom **In** ```javascript /** @jsx dom */ var { dom } = require("deku"); var profile =

{[user.firstName, user.lastName].join(' ')}

; ``` **Out** ```javascript /** @jsx dom */ var dom = require("deku").dom; var profile = dom( "div", null, dom("img", { src: "avatar.png", className: "profile" }), dom("h3", null, [user.firstName, user.lastName].join(" ")) ); ``` ## Installation ```sh npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx ``` ## Usage ### Via `.babelrc` (Recommended) **.babelrc** ```js // without options { "plugins": ["transform-react-jsx"] } // with options { "plugins": [ ["transform-react-jsx", { "pragma": "dom" // default pragma is React.createElement }] ] } ``` ### Via CLI ```sh babel --plugins transform-react-jsx script.js ``` ### Via Node API ```javascript require("babel-core").transform("code", { plugins: ["transform-react-jsx"] }); ``` ## Options * `pragma` - Replace the function used when compiling JSX expressions (Defaults to `React.createElement`). - Note that the `@jsx React.DOM` pragma has been deprecated as of React v0.12 * `useBuiltIns` - When spreading props, use Object.assign instead of Babel's extend helper (Disabled by default).