React Makes You Sad?

Re:React Makes You Sad? by sombremesa on Monday February 29, 2016 @01:24PM (#11197092)

I just want to point out that there is no mandate to use a framework in JavaScript. While I'm not familiar with React and I agree that it probably helps developers structure their apps, there is no need to use a framework just to have a component/modular architecture.

One of my favorite examples of clean modular JS that does not depend on a framework is Mozilla's browserquest: https://github.com/mozilla/BrowserQuest/tree/master/client/j...

Many things that make life easier when making relatively small web apps also make debugging more complicated, compared to programming from scratch with minimal reliance on third parties. Choose wisely.

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Re:React Makes You Sad? by jim-greer on Monday February 29, 2016 @02:09PM (#11197430)

That doesn't work if you're trying to build native mobile apps.

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Re:React Makes You Sad? by Widdershin on Monday February 29, 2016 @02:33PM (#11197676)

Which is a pity. I would love to see something like Electron for mobile.

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Re:React Makes You Sad? by notduncansmith on Monday February 29, 2016 @04:04PM (#11198487)

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what the Cordova project is: https://cordova.apache.org

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Re:React Makes You Sad? by bdcravens on Monday February 29, 2016 @05:33PM (#11199229)

Cordova isn't purely native.

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Re:React Makes You Sad? by davej on Monday February 29, 2016 @06:23PM (#11199570)

Either is Electron.

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