If you know anything about me, you know I don’t like React. But many people do apparently. I don’t think it’s because React is actually the best. So why do people like React?
React did some genuine good things
First of all, I must acknowledge that React actually did some things right.
Components
Hooks / Composition
Low barrier to entry
Tutorials: Wow, it’s just a function.
Real life app: Why do I have to write so much to do this little thing?
React came before modern frameworks
Became popular before vue and svelte. Snowball effect.
React users are used to the “react-way”
They just get used to certain things (like jsx) and think all frameworks need to do things that way.
Tech influencers
They tend to say good things about anything that’s popular. Even when they know that popular doesn’t necessarily mean objective good.
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