Null vs Empty fragment?

[karangarg45]

Hi Kent,

In react if you want to render nothing either you can return null from the component or you can render an empty fragment.

Is there any disadvantage of using <React.Fragment/> over null.What are your thoughts on this? I think using React.Fragment is more explicit and shows developer's intent

[kentcdodds]

Hi @karangarg45,

I don't think there's any real observable difference here. Given that it's all about your preference and for me, I prefer to render null when I want nothing rendered. Fragments are intended to encapsulate children and if I saw an empty fragment I would be confused why it's there 🤷‍♂️