I'm a Redux maintainer. We generally recommend learning React first before trying to learn Redux, if only to minimize the number of new concepts you're dealing

I'm a Redux maintainer. We generally recommend learning React first before trying to learn Redux, if only to minimize the number of new concepts you're dealing with at once. And yes, the more comfortable you are with actually using JS, the better you'll be at both React and Redux. It's worth noting that Redux is not tied to React, and can be used with any UI layer (Angular, Ember, Vue, vanilla JS, etc).