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Yeah. Pick your analogy: - React is the iPhone of the frontend library world. Not the first, some will never say it's the best, but it put things together in a
by Brendinooo 3y ago
Yeah. Pick your analogy:
- React is the iPhone of the frontend library world. Not the first, some will never say it's the best, but it put things together in a way that resonated with people and organically conquered a ton of mindshare.
- React is the Model T. Before the Model T there was a massively fragmented landscape full of mechanical wizardry and bespoke manufacturing. After the Model T the industry was larger, more consolidated, and standardized.
I don't believe that React will dominate forever. But I do believe that, 50 years from now, people talking about the history of the frontend will view React as the defining thing from the era we're in now.
- guhidalg 3y agoI think a better analogy would be to compare React frameworks to the iPhone, everything works nicely and a lot of choices have been made for you. React itself is just a really good JS library, not a full opinionated framework. I made the choice to use React because it was possible to add individual interactive components to an ASP.NET Razor MPA without rewriting the whole thing. Gradually React takes over more and more functionality, necessitating a need for a framework, and then we get the iPhone experience.