Re:My Reaction to React
by undo76 on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @10:30AM
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Well, technically you don't need to know JSX, but it pays off to know it IMHO. Moreover, the DOM API is much more complicated than React API and the latest doesn't depend on the particular browser you are using.
But yes, to use a technology, you need to understand it.
Regarding the size, you are right, I wouldn't recommend to use React for such a tiny task.
Re:My Reaction to React
by warfangle on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @03:17PM
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IMHO, the JSX as used in this example is pretty obvious if you know ES6 syntax. The only "weird" part is curly braces for data interpolation, but even that is pretty semantically obvious.
But yes, to use a technology, you need to understand it.
Regarding the size, you are right, I wouldn't recommend to use React for such a tiny task.