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In React, the appendChild() method is not typically used for adding elements to the DOM. Instead, React has its own way of manipulating the DOM using the render() method and the concept of virtual DOM.

In a React component, you define the structure and behavior of the UI using JSX (a syntax extension for JavaScript) and React components. JSX allows you to write HTML-like code within your JavaScript file, which is then transpiled by a build tool like Babel into regular JavaScript code.

Here’s an example of how to create a simple React component and render it on the DOM: 

    
      // Import the necessary modules
      import React from 'react';
      import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

      // Create a functional component
      function MyComponent() {
        return (
          <div>
            <h1>Hello, world!</h1>
            <p>This is a React component.</p>
          </div>
        );
      }

      // Render the component on the DOM
      ReactDOM.render(<MyComponent />, document.getElementById('root'));

In this example, we define a functional component called MyComponent that returns a JSX structure. The JSX code looks similar to HTML but is actually JavaScript code. We then use the ReactDOM.render() method to render the component on the DOM. The rendered output will be a div containing an h1 heading and a paragraph.

Please note that in a real-world React application, you would typically have a separate root element in your HTML file with an id of “root” (or any other custom id you prefer), where the rendered component will be injected. In the example above, we assume there is an HTML element with an id of “root”.

So, to summarize, in React, you don’t use the appendChild() method to add elements to the DOM. Instead, you define components using JSX and React, and use the ReactDOM.render() method to render those components on the DOM.

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