> Why does every new front-end developer job now ask for React as a core competency? Simply because the web apps you are going to work on are and will be writt

> Why does every new front-end developer job now ask for React as a core competency? Simply because the web apps you are going to work on are and will be written in React. There are Vue job postings, Angular job postings, etc. > Do people think it's going to still be a dominant framework in a few years? People and organisations that invest in React either think so or don't care. Web apps tend to be rewritten, not maintained anyway, so React is currently a pretty good choice given its ecosystem, its corporate backing, and the sheer number of "React Devs". What about the next iteration? We'll see. > Is that a framework you would use to build an app? TBH I don't like React either, or Vue, or Angular. But I have built apps with those and they do the job, regardless of what megacorp is or isn't behind them. Was it enjoyable? No, it didn't feel like programming. Were they necessary? Probably not. Do they have a future? Certainly, as long as front-end developers will so eagerly look for solutions to non-existent problems and reinvent the wheel.