Ask HN: What is the best resource to learn React for a Backend Developer?

Re:Ask HN: What is the best resource to learn React for a Ba... by ecmascript on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:44AM (#28389599)

Wes bos has some video courses about react but the thing is it really depends on what you are building. If it is a public app you will have SEO issues without a framework like Next.js which is nodejs based.

As a js dev myself I recommend lit (https://lit.dev). Personally I like it way more than react or vue and its easier to swap out later if you want to.

Since you’re a ruby dev, have you checked hotwire out? Or is there a specific reason to why you want to learn react?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best resource to learn React for a Ba... by gls2ro on Thursday September 02, 2021 @07:39AM (#28390840)

I used Stimulus JS along with Turbolinks before Hotwire came out. And now I am migrating some older Rails SSR to Hotwire.

Why I want to learn React is looking around at the direction of web development I see less job requirements for Ruby on Rails SSR and more about Ruby on Rails API with React.

I am not looking to change my job now and I like backend development. Sometimes I also do a side project or small contract that is creating a web app just to keep myself a little up to date with frontend stuff.

I think I resisted enough the SPA hype and maybe I am on the wrong side of history :) so I want to give it a try.

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