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Re:Why I don't miss React: a story about using the platform by fiddlerwoaroof on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @12:17AM (#31256708)
Yeah, my experience is that people frequently overestimate the cost of building something for your needs and underestimate the integration cost of buying something.

Also, the trend of hiring <framework> developers is a plague: if you know JavaScript and the DOM well, learning the basics of react is a couple afternoons of work and you can figure out the pitfalls via code review and learning on the job.

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Re:Why I don't miss React: a story about using the platform by dgb23 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @03:20AM (#31257675)
That’s right, except I think it would take most people longer than an afternoon. There’s stuff that’s quite unique (and powerful) like useEffect and JSX takes a bit to get used to.

But generally I wouldn’t be worried about onboarding a web dev who doesn’t know the lib, it’s not rocket science. One of the appealing things is how very straight forward and clear it is.

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