diff --git a/docs/docs/ref-03-component-specs.md b/docs/docs/ref-03-component-specs.md
index 0a4a63c825b..393faea3d67 100644
--- a/docs/docs/ref-03-component-specs.md
+++ b/docs/docs/ref-03-component-specs.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The `render()` function should be *pure*, meaning that it does not modify compon
 object getInitialState()
 ```
 
-Invoked once when the component is mounted. The return value will be used as the initial value of `this.state`.
+Invoked once before the component is mounted. The return value will be used as the initial value of `this.state`.
 
 
 ### getDefaultProps
diff --git a/src/core/__tests__/ReactRenderDocument-test.js b/src/core/__tests__/ReactRenderDocument-test.js
index dd5250811ca..2409e74ab7e 100644
--- a/src/core/__tests__/ReactRenderDocument-test.js
+++ b/src/core/__tests__/ReactRenderDocument-test.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('rendering React components at document', function() {
 
     ReactMount.allowFullPageRender = true;
     var component = React.renderComponent(<Root />, testDocument);
-    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
 
     var componentID = ReactMount.getReactRootID(testDocument);
     expect(componentID).toBe(component._rootNodeID);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('rendering React components at document', function() {
 
     ReactMount.allowFullPageRender = true;
     React.renderComponent(<Root />, testDocument);
-    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
 
     var unmounted = React.unmountComponentAtNode(testDocument);
     expect(unmounted).toBe(true);
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ describe('rendering React components at document', function() {
 
     ReactMount.allowFullPageRender = true;
     var component = React.renderComponent(<Root />, testDocument);
-    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
 
     // Reactive update via state transition
     component.toggle();
 
-    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Goodbye world ');
+    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Goodbye world');
 
   });
 
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ describe('rendering React components at document', function() {
     ReactMount.allowFullPageRender = true;
     React.renderComponent(<Component />, testDocument);
 
-    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Hello world ');
+    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Hello world');
 
     // Reactive update
     React.renderComponent(<Component2 />, testDocument);
 
-    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe(' Goodbye world ');
+    expect(testDocument.body.innerHTML).toBe('Goodbye world');
 
   });
 
diff --git a/src/vendor/core/dom/getDocumentScrollElement.js b/src/vendor/core/dom/getDocumentScrollElement.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ec289c3ba6d..00000000000
--- a/src/vendor/core/dom/getDocumentScrollElement.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @providesModule getDocumentScrollElement
- * @typechecks
- */
-
-"use strict";
-
-// TODO: Replace this with a UserAgent module.
-var isWebkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit') > -1;
-
-/**
- * Gets the element with the document scroll properties such as `scrollLeft` and
- * `scrollHeight`. This may differ across different browsers.
- *
- * NOTE: The return value can be null if the DOM is not yet ready.
- *
- * @param {?DOMDocument} doc Defaults to current document.
- * @return {?DOMElement}
- */
-function getDocumentScrollElement(doc) {
-  doc = doc || document;
-  return !isWebkit && doc.compatMode === 'CSS1Compat' ?
-    doc.documentElement :
-    doc.body;
-}
-
-module.exports = getDocumentScrollElement;
diff --git a/src/vendor/core/dom/getUnboundedScrollPosition.js b/src/vendor/core/dom/getUnboundedScrollPosition.js
index b0e32bd53a0..872465bbc15 100644
--- a/src/vendor/core/dom/getUnboundedScrollPosition.js
+++ b/src/vendor/core/dom/getUnboundedScrollPosition.js
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
-var getDocumentScrollElement = require('getDocumentScrollElement');
-
 /**
  * Gets the scroll position of the supplied element or window.
  *
@@ -19,7 +17,10 @@ var getDocumentScrollElement = require('getDocumentScrollElement');
  */
 function getUnboundedScrollPosition(scrollable) {
   if (scrollable === window) {
-    return getUnboundedScrollPosition(getDocumentScrollElement());
+    return {
+      x: document.documentElement.scrollLeft || document.body.scrollLeft,
+      y: document.documentElement.scrollTop  || document.body.scrollTop
+    };
   }
   return {
     x: scrollable.scrollLeft,
diff --git a/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/react.js b/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/react.js
index 094632ac244..7bef3e097c8 100644
--- a/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/react.js
+++ b/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/react.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ function visitReactTag(traverse, object, path, state) {
   move(object.name.range[1], state);
 
   var childrenToRender = object.children.filter(function(child) {
-    return !(child.type === Syntax.Literal && !child.value.match(/\S/));
+    return !(child.type === Syntax.Literal &&
+             child.value.match(/^[ \t]*[\r\n][ \t\r\n]*$/));
   });
 
   // if we don't have any attributes, pass in null
@@ -140,9 +141,6 @@ function visitReactTag(traverse, object, path, state) {
     append(', ', state);
 
     object.children.forEach(function(child) {
-      if (child.type === Syntax.Literal && !child.value.match(/\S/)) {
-        return;
-      }
       catchup(child.range[0], state);
 
       var isLast = child === childrenToRender[childrenToRender.length - 1];
diff --git a/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/xjs.js b/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/xjs.js
index b04c4e50b17..8d420612524 100644
--- a/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/xjs.js
+++ b/vendor/fbtransform/transforms/xjs.js
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@
  */
 /*global exports:true*/
 "use strict";
-var append = require('jstransform/src/utils').append;
-var catchup = require('jstransform/src/utils').catchup;
-var move = require('jstransform/src/utils').move;
 var Syntax = require('esprima-fb').Syntax;
+var utils = require('jstransform/src/utils');
 
 var knownTags = {
   a: true,
@@ -147,134 +145,94 @@ var knownTags = {
   wbr: true
 };
 
-function safeTrim(string) {
-  return string.replace(/^[ \t]+/, '').replace(/[ \t]+$/, '');
-}
-
-// Replace all trailing whitespace characters with a single space character
-function trimWithSingleSpace(string) {
-  return string.replace(/^[ \t\xA0]{2,}/, ' ').
-    replace(/[ \t\xA0]{2,}$/, ' ').replace(/^\s+$/, '');
-}
-
 /**
- * Special handling for multiline string literals
- * print lines:
- *
- *   line
- *   line
- *
- * as:
+ * #1 Any whitespace sequence which CONTAIN A NEWLINE and TOUCHES
+ *    the start or end of the string is removed completely
  *
- *   "line "+
- *   "line"
+ * #2 Any whitespace sequence which CONTAIN A NEWLINE but DOES NOT TOUCH
+ *    the start or end of the string is replaced with a single newline
  */
-function renderXJSLiteral(object, isLast, state, start, end) {
-  /** Added blank check filtering and triming*/
-  var trimmedChildValue = safeTrim(object.value);
-  var hasFinalNewLine = false;
-
-  if (trimmedChildValue) {
-    // head whitespace
-    append(object.value.match(/^[\t ]*/)[0], state);
-    if (start) {
-      append(start, state);
-    }
 
-    var trimmedChildValueWithSpace = trimWithSingleSpace(object.value);
-
-    /**
-     */
-    var initialLines = trimmedChildValue.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/);
+function removeWhitespace(str) {
+  return str.replace(/[ \t]+/g, '');
+};
+ 
+function renderXJSLiteral(object, isLast, state, start, end) {
+  var trimmedChildValue =
+    object.value.replace(/^[ \t]*[\r\n][ \t\r\n]*/, removeWhitespace). // #1
+      replace(/[ \t]*[\r\n][ \t\r\n]*$/, removeWhitespace). // #1
+      replace(/([^ \t\r\n])([ \t]*[\r\n][ \t\r\n]*)(?=[^ \t\r\n])/g, // #2
+        function(_, leading, match) {
+          return leading + ' ' + removeWhitespace(match);
+        });
+  
+  //utils.append(object.value.match(/^[ \t]*/)[0], state);
+  if (start) {
+    utils.append(start, state);
+  }
 
-    var lines = initialLines.filter(function(line) {
-      return safeTrim(line).length > 0;
-    });
+  var trimmedLines = trimmedChildValue.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/);
+  var lines = object.value.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/);
 
-    var hasInitialNewLine = initialLines[0] !== lines[0];
-    hasFinalNewLine =
-      initialLines[initialLines.length - 1] !== lines[lines.length - 1];
+  var lastNonEmptyLine = -1;
+  trimmedLines.forEach(function (line, ii) {
+    if (line) lastNonEmptyLine = ii;
+  });
 
-    var numLines = lines.length;
-    lines.forEach(function (line, ii) {
-      var lastLine = ii === numLines - 1;
-      var trimmedLine = safeTrim(line);
-      if (trimmedLine === '' && !lastLine) {
-        append(line, state);
-      } else {
-        var preString = '';
-        var postString = '';
-        var leading = line.match(/^[ \t]*/)[0];
+  var numLines = trimmedLines.length;
+  trimmedLines.forEach(function (line, ii) {
+    var isLastLine = (ii === numLines - 1);
 
-        if (ii === 0) {
-          if (hasInitialNewLine) {
-            preString = ' ';
-            leading = '\n' + leading;
-          }
-          if (trimmedChildValueWithSpace.substring(0, 1) === ' ') {
-            // If this is the first line, and the original content starts with
-            // whitespace, place a single space at the beginning.
-            preString = ' ';
-          }
-        }
-        if (!lastLine || trimmedChildValueWithSpace.substr(
-             trimmedChildValueWithSpace.length - 1, 1) === ' ' ||
-             hasFinalNewLine
-             ) {
-          // If either not on the last line, or the original content ends with
-          // whitespace, place a single character at the end.
-          postString = ' ';
-        }
+    var isEmptyLine = !!lines[ii].match(/^[ \t\xA0]*$/);
 
-        append(
-          leading +
-          JSON.stringify(
-            preString + trimmedLine + postString
-          ) +
-          (lastLine ? '' : '+') +
-          line.match(/[ \t]*$/)[0],
-          state);
+    if (line) {
+      if (!isEmptyLine) {
+        utils.append(lines[ii].match(/^[ \t\xA0]*/)[0], state);
       }
-      if (!lastLine) {
-        append('\n', state);
+      if (!isLastLine) {
+        // we temporarily appended a space for #2, replace with a newline
+        line = line.replace(/[ \t]$/g, '\n');
       }
-    });
-  } else {
-    if (start) {
-      append(start, state);
-    }
-    append('""', state);
-  }
-  if (end) {
-    append(end, state);
-  }
-
-  // add comma before trailing whitespace
-  if (!isLast) {
-    append(',', state);
-  }
 
-  // tail whitespace
-  if (hasFinalNewLine) {
-    append('\n', state);
-  }
-  append(object.value.match(/[ \t]*$/)[0], state);
-  move(object.range[1], state);
+      utils.append(
+        JSON.stringify(line) +
+        (ii >= lastNonEmptyLine ? '' : '+'),
+        state);
+    }
+    
+    // insert just after the last literal
+    if (!isLast && ii === lastNonEmptyLine) {
+      if (end) {
+        utils.append(end, state);
+      }
+      utils.append(',', state);
+    }
+    
+    //if (!isEmptyLine || ii > 0) {
+      utils.append(lines[ii].match(/[ \t\xA0]*$/)[0], state);
+    //}
+    
+    if (!isLastLine) {
+      utils.append('\n', state);
+    }
+  });
+  
+  utils.move(object.range[1], state);
 }
 
 function renderXJSExpressionContainer(traverse, object, isLast, path, state) {
   // Plus 1 to skip `{`.
-  move(object.range[0] + 1, state);
+  utils.move(object.range[0] + 1, state);
   traverse(object.expression, path, state);
   if (!isLast && object.expression.type !== Syntax.XJSEmptyExpression) {
     // If we need to append a comma, make sure to do so after the expression.
-    catchup(object.expression.range[1], state);
-    append(',', state);
+    utils.catchup(object.expression.range[1], state);
+    utils.append(',', state);
   }
 
   // Minus 1 to skip `}`.
-  catchup(object.range[1] - 1, state);
-  move(object.range[1], state);
+  utils.catchup(object.range[1] - 1, state);
+  utils.move(object.range[1], state);
   return false;
 }