The React Is “just” JavaScript Myth

Re:The React Is “just” JavaScript Myth by maskd on Saturday June 09, 2018 @06:18AM (#17272329)

Perhaps a more charitable interpretation of the article is that when writing a larger application in React you'll be led from React-the-library (which is "just JavaScript") into React-the-ecosystem, which looks less like "just JavaScript" and more like the other frameworks.

You can definitely write your application in React without external dependencies, but how is a beginner expected to do that, especially with all these other popular libraries around?

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Re:The React Is “just” JavaScript Myth by madeofpalk on Saturday June 09, 2018 @08:55AM (#17272789)

And? It's a criticism or interesting observation that when you build large, complex applications that they can be large and complex?

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Re:The React Is “just” JavaScript Myth by hungerstrike on Saturday June 09, 2018 @11:40AM (#17273527)

I think the more salient point here is that React-the-ecosystem is just the JavaScript ecosystem. There were very few packages mentioned that are strictly only useful with React.

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