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As a beginner to JS frameworks (and a medium proficiency), is it advisable to skip React and target to learn Inferno instead?
by ohstopitu 10y ago
As a beginner to JS frameworks (and a medium proficiency), is it advisable to skip React and target to learn Inferno instead?
- untog 10y agoNo. But the good news is that Inferno is extremely API-compatible with React (deliberately so, and has an inferno-compat package to help further) so should it stick around and continue to be this much more performant than React, switching should be relatively easy.
- badthingfactory 10y agoFor learning purposes, I would advise sticking with React. Being more mature, you'll likely be able to find answers to your questions more easily. Pluralsight, for example, has lots of great courses on React but none on Inferno. Knowledge will be highly portable between the two so if you find a need to switch over to Inferno at some point you won't have any trouble.
- pjmlp 10y agoYes, because in a few months it will be topping the HN headlines on how everyone is porting their applications to it.
- aarpmcgee 10y agoI think that seems unlikely, if only for the fact that React has a path for developing native apps. Writing shared business logic in Redux and allowing both DOM and RN seems like a slam dunk to me.
- cc81 10y agoNo, stick with React.
- themihai 10y agoJS Frameworks become obsolete within a year (2 years at most) so you should learn what you like most. The community and documentation available should be a big plus.
- untog 10y agoReact was first released in 2013 and I don't see it disappearing any time soon.
- StavrosK 10y agoIn the GP's defense, that's what we thought about Angular two years ago.
- aarpmcgee 10y agoAngular is still around.
- nkkollaw 10y agoReleased, but it didn't get popular until recently, definitely less than 2 years ago. I personally think people will start switching to Polymer en masse when Google is done rebuilding YouTube with Polymer.