ReactJS component names must begin with capital letters?

Question

I am playing around with the ReactJS framework on JSBin.

I have noticed that if my component name starts with a lowercase letter it does not work.

For instan

Answer 1

In JSX, lower-case tag names are considered to be HTML tags. However, lower-case tag names with a dot (property accessor) aren't.

See HTML tags vs React Components.

• compiles to React.createElement('component') (html tag)
• compiles to React.createElement(Component)
• compiles to React.createElement(obj.component)