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I think the "library" vs "framework" argument irt react is pretty silly. At the end of the day, what difference does it make? React may not be as opinionated a
by protonimitate 6y ago
I think the "library" vs "framework" argument irt react is pretty silly.
At the end of the day, what difference does it make?
React may not be as opinionated as other application frameworks, but it's also non completely un-opionionated.
If you write a full ui in React, whats the level of effort involved to port it back to vanilla js, or even another framework? It's certainly not trivial. IMO that's the only qualifier needed.
But I agree, it's all about marketing.
I do think the "win" that React has here is that it's easy to introduce React into an existing project with minimal overhead. In that sense I think its closer to library than framework, but after enough time you will inevitably end up with a "React app" and not a "web app with some React".