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React would have been great in a functional language with immediate data structures. Instead it’s used with JavaScript, where you have to constantly force your

React would have been great in a functional language with immediate data structures. Instead it’s used with JavaScript, where you have to constantly force yourself to create your prop objects in a very specific way to avoid or force (re)rendering. It’s a constant struggle to control re-rendering. I still can’t believe React became as big as it is. Vue and Angular just fit JavaScript better.

fulafel 4y ago
It's very widely used in the ClojureScript world (via Reagent) where it indeed has a better impedance match.
- geokon 4y ago
  And sort of in Clojure with cljfx (React-like on JavaFX) https://github.com/cljfx/cljfx https://github.com/cljfx/cljfx
- tshaddox 4y ago
  It’s quite nice in ReScript as well: https://rescript-lang.org/docs/react/latest/elements-and-jsx https://rescript-lang.org/docs/react/latest/elements-and-jsx
mlajtos 4y ago
> immediate data structures Immutable? But React in JS is a blessing – it brought good thinking to messy world. And as a direct influence, JS will adopt immutable data structures – tuples and records. https://github.com/tc39/proposal-record-tuple https://github.com/tc39/proposal-record-tuple
- egeozcan 4y ago
  I just cannot wait for this to come to the browsers. This will massively (and positively) impact how I can write JS.
  - DanielHB 4y ago
    I keep raving about it to people, no one cares or understands why this is MASSIVE for react development...
Jasp3r 4y ago
MobX is exactly what you're looking for: https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx Vue works similar to React + MobX, but with weird design decisions like implicit reactivity, and a stale ecosystem thanks to the Vue2 vs Vue3 debacle.