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I'm not sure but this sounds like the writer has unknowingly stumbled upon react.
by demarq 9y ago
I'm not sure but this sounds like the writer has unknowingly stumbled upon react.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- evv 9y agoUnknowingly? He mentions React by name. This was written in 2015, when React was far less popular. Guillermo clearly decided to bet big on React after this- his company Zeit produces next.js, one of the nicer React frameworks out there. (Can somebody add [2015] to the title?)
- beefsack 9y agoAlso, the author is advocating a UI model that has pre-existed React, it was just popularised by React. You could argue that Elm is actually closer to what the author is advocating.
- evv 9y agoTotally. I would argue that React was successful not because of the declarative programming style that it enables, but because it integrates so easily into the imperative JS ecosystem.
- allover 9y agoI would argue 'integrates so easily into the imperative JS ecosystem' is not a differentiating factor over all the other JS frameworks, so its declarative programming style is far more likely to be the reason it is popular (and in my experience/opinion, this is absolutely the case). If you just meant popularity vs Elm however, then sure.
- camus2 9y agoBecause others "did not"? Other framework didn't need a new language to be usable.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoImmediate mode UIs have been around forever, actually. They just need a bit of finesse to be made efficient.
- lloeki 9y agoToo much focus is on the tech in this thread, I personally read it as outlining an approach similar to Bret Victor's[0]. React or whatever is a mere implementation detail. [0]: http://worrydream.com/#!/LearnableProgramming http://worrydream.com/#!/LearnableProgramming
- demarq 9y agoyikes, my bad!