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My point being, you are doing a great job, if a person is frustrated over some tech and writes a blog post or whatever about it, maybe you should just leave it

by hising 9y ago

My point being, you are doing a great job, if a person is frustrated over some tech and writes a blog post or whatever about it, maybe you should just leave it with that? Coming out defending design decisions etc just leaves a foul taste. React is awesome, but maybe it is not for everyone?

acemarke 9y ago
It's definitely not for everyone, but it would be nice for people to make that decision based on accurate information. There is unfortunately a lot of FUD that has been spread around React in general, the React ecosystem, and the upcoming React Fiber rewrite. It's a combination of longstanding complaints like "HTML in my JS? EWW!", concerns about build tools like Babel and Webpack, badly written articles and headlines like the recent TechCrunch post that claimed "React Fiber is a complete change that Facebook has never talked about", and of course lots of arguments in comment sections. If someone has taken time to evaluate React and determined that it's not for them, that's totally fine. But, when poor articles get upvoted and spread widely, it doesn't help anyone.
danabramov 9y ago
Thanks for feedback! I edited the article to remove those sentences, as indeed I can see how it can be seen as aggressive (that wasn't my intention, and Ben's interpretation is correct). Regarding the motivation, it wasn't to defend any decisions. I'm sorry I didn't make this clear enough. The motivation for replying was to highlight some factual inaccuracies that have started to gain traction. I see posts like this every other week, and I've noticed a few incorrect points shared between them, so I felt this is a good time to jump in and help clarify them. I could've done it in a better way though. I added these two paragraphs: >Your post includes some misconceptions commonly held in the React community, so I wanted to take a moment to clarify them for everyone else who has the same concerns. >That is not to say that React works well for everyone, or that the issues raised are not valid. But there are a few facts that I think are important to get right before considering those problems.

by hising 9y ago

acemarke 9y ago

It's definitely not for everyone, but it would be nice for people to make that decision based on accurate information. There is unfortunately a lot of FUD that has been spread around React in general, the React ecosystem, and the upcoming React Fiber rewrite. It's a combination of longstanding complaints like "HTML in my JS? EWW!", concerns about build tools like Babel and Webpack, badly written articles and headlines like the recent TechCrunch post that claimed "React Fiber is a complete change that Facebook has never talked about", and of course lots of arguments in comment sections. If someone has taken time to evaluate React and determined that it's not for them, that's totally fine. But, when poor articles get upvoted and spread widely, it doesn't help anyone.

danabramov 9y ago

Thanks for feedback! I edited the article to remove those sentences, as indeed I can see how it can be seen as aggressive (that wasn't my intention, and Ben's interpretation is correct). Regarding the motivation, it wasn't to defend any decisions. I'm sorry I didn't make this clear enough. The motivation for replying was to highlight some factual inaccuracies that have started to gain traction. I see posts like this every other week, and I've noticed a few incorrect points shared between them, so I felt this is a good time to jump in and help clarify them. I could've done it in a better way though. I added these two paragraphs: >Your post includes some misconceptions commonly held in the React community, so I wanted to take a moment to clarify them for everyone else who has the same concerns. >That is not to say that React works well for everyone, or that the issues raised are not valid. But there are a few facts that I think are important to get right before considering those problems.