There's varying aspects of complexity involved: * Both React and Redux have very small API surfaces, but do involve very different ways of thinking for someone

There's varying aspects of complexity involved: * Both React and Redux have very small API surfaces, but do involve very different ways of thinking for someone coming from a jQuery or Backbone background * While the "Javascript Fatigue" argument is a bit worn out by now, there _is_ validity in the point that there can be lots of moving pieces to set up * There are some significant nuances with both libraries once you get past the "Hello World" stage. State shape, performance optimization, managing more complex use cases, etc. Beyond that, there's a _lot_ of articles and tutorials out there, and the quality of the information varies considerably. I did a lot of bookmarking while I was learning these things last year, and have found myself answering many of the same questions over and over on Reddit and Reactiflux. I wanted to put together a consolidated reference of good information that I could point people to. So no, you probably don't need to read "dozens" of articles to get started, but one person might find a certain 3 or 4 articles more useful than someone else (kind of along the lines of how "everyone uses 20% of MS Word's features... but everyone uses a different 20%").