Re:I love React Hooks
by lioeters on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:49PM
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> Isn't React sort-of magic to begin with?
That's true, especially JSX caused an uproar in the beginning as "too much magic", and then was gradually accepted as a vast improvement to previous/other ways of templating.
> Don't hooks radically reduce the amount of libraries you need to know?
I'm really hoping so! If they do indeed "serve to make things simpler and more readable", it would be a net positive, regardless of any initial misgivings and possible effort to migrate.
That's true, especially JSX caused an uproar in the beginning as "too much magic", and then was gradually accepted as a vast improvement to previous/other ways of templating.
> Don't hooks radically reduce the amount of libraries you need to know?
I'm really hoping so! If they do indeed "serve to make things simpler and more readable", it would be a net positive, regardless of any initial misgivings and possible effort to migrate.