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I seriously doubt you can be proficient with React without knowing HTML. Even if you use a framework like MaterialUI which abstracts all the HTML tags into Rea
by arcturus17 6y ago
I seriously doubt you can be proficient with React without knowing HTML.
Even if you use a framework like MaterialUI which abstracts all the HTML tags into React components, working on layout creates a recurring feedback loop between source and output code in the browser / devtools.
If you've done that for some time, you end up knowing a fair bit of semantic HTML.
So I suspect either your friend was exaggerating, the devs were lying about their React proficiency, or maybe they work on everything but layout in React (highly unlikely). At any rate, forgive my cynicism, but I can't help but feel that this is a classic HN cheap shot at React developers at large.
ORM to SQL may be another matter. I've been using the Django ORM in the last couple of months and it's true that I haven't touched SQL but once. I know SQL but I've barely felt my skills progress since.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoIt seems most likely that they actually aren't proficient in React, which is not really surprising to me.
- hmsimha 6y agoI really like this article discussed here recently, which breaks down the new front-end work into front-of-front-end and back-of-front-end: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26160538 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26160538 knowing html is a somewhat nebulous claim, there are so many elements, attributes, and relationships, and the specification is incredibly dense. A design-focused front-end developer may almost exclusively use parts of HTML that a 'back-of-front-end' developer might not even know exist. I do think you could do back-of-front-end very competently and have only a vague understanding of HTML. However, you'd likely also be interacting strictly with a subset of React.