Add newer react versions to PAC please?

[Ionavoss]

PAC PCF INIT needs a revamp

Power Platform has a serious lack of UI elements. To solve this I had the idea of creating a second creator kit basically, which wraps other UI frameworks in PCF components, ready to be used. There is a problem however, and that is performance. Having many of these components on a screen can dramatically reduce performace. There is a solution to this.

The solution

The following way of creating a react component is wonderful!
pac pcf init -fw react

There is only 1 problem. React for virtual components is only possible for react version 16.8.2.
Version 17 was released on Oct. 20th, 2020 and React 18 on March, 2022. Basically, our new 'virtual components', are already outdated by 3 years on react versions... too bad.

The real problem?

The entire world moved on, converting stuff to React 17 and 18, and so have most UI frameworks done as well. It's nearly impossible to find a framework that supports react 16, and has a free license.

My ask

Please add support for version 17 at least, this will open up plenty of PCF development projects for people, instead to being stuck on 16.

[petrochuk]

pac pcf init supports version of react available on Maker Portal. As soon as Maker Portal starts supporting newer react pac will be updated as well.

[THEaustinlopez]

Has this happened yet?

[Ionavoss]

I understand that it's a limitation of the platform, but when will the platform get an update to support this? It doesn't feel like there are any plans to move into the future, but its something we need to stay relevant in comparison to other platforms. Any insights on react support in the future?

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[medienstuermer]

Any news?