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> We did this cause it's the new hot thing. Makes sense. The Chief Javascript Wheel-Reinventing Officer has asked around his fraternity and decided that it's a

by _pmf_ 10y ago

> We did this cause it's the new hot thing. Makes sense. The Chief Javascript Wheel-Reinventing Officer has asked around his fraternity and decided that it's a good idea.

oliverkyss 10y ago
What wheel does React reinvent?
- pjmlp 10y ago
  Replacing an existing working stack without a business case, just because.
  - b34r 10y ago
    No... React is a fundamentally new way of working with the DOM, normalizes many cross browser pain points, and allows one to write their UI declaratively such that total control is retained and state mutations are predictable. No other major view libraries had successfully done that before React was released. I've used angular and ember as well - their view layers suck.
    - simonw 10y ago
      What does react do for cross-browser pain points? I've not heard that claim before.
      - 5ilv3r 10y ago
        It ensures that any browser that isn't from google, apple, mozilla, or microsoft in the last year will simply not work, avoiding them significant support burdens!
        spicyj 10y ago
        Sorry -- have we done something to offend you?
      - b34r 10y ago
        Normalizes events, etc.
    - pjmlp 10y ago
      So many PR words without any reference to actual monetary business value.
      - b34r 10y ago
        Only to someone who isn't actually a developer. It means my team can write a UI once, test it once, and know with a high degree of certainty that it will work and continue to do so.
        pjmlp 10y ago
        A developer who isn't responsible for justifying project budgets you mean.
  - untog 10y ago
    Virtual DOM is "just because"? Huh, guess I imagined those performance benefits.
    - pjmlp 10y ago
      Usually all these posts "X rewritten in Y" smell of CV building, without business value analysis done a priori.