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Unknowingly? 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- hi
by evv 9y ago
Unknowingly? 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!