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I have been using React for almost those 10 years. When I first started out, I was writing Java for Android. I then got a contract position writing AngularJS 1.

I have been using React for almost those 10 years. When I first started out, I was writing Java for Android. I then got a contract position writing AngularJS 1.2. A couple years later, Angular 2 would be released but by then I was already beginning to write small React apps. I also made a small app with React Native for an audio company. By 2016 I was working at a popular Fortune 100 company on the first team to migrate their existing JSPs to React. By the time I left that place, React Hooks were in beta and gaining steam. I was lucky enough to work with a Facebook Alumni who hated React, so we used Vue. It felt like a more opinionated React in some cases, but I really enjoyed the experience. Now I'm back to React and a lot of the same problems exist. Some things are just hard or extremely tedious to do. Some places rely heavily on external libraries which cause so much bloat to the system it can feel slow (even when it's not). Most places I have been to are extremely opinionated about how their app is built, despite it being the same thing (for example, there are 20 different ways to build an e-commerce site). But the places I have enjoyed the most had a hackerish culture, so people weren't insanely opinionated so long as you got the job done, which I feel like React is great for. I have unfortunately not used NextJS, but I have used Nuxt which has been wonderful. I'm semi in between jobs right now and have been looking at potential offerings, and I haven't seen a huge need for these frameworks yet. If NextJS is anything like Nuxt, I think I'd be happy to work in them. But I may also look for the places that offer a completely new experience.

theironhammer 3y ago
SolidJS? It uses Signals in its Reactivity system and there's no virtual DOM. It has some syntax similarities to React making it easier to transition. It uses JSX and is quite performant.
- steve_adams_86 3y ago
  I love Solid. In the last month or so I went from curious to fairly certain I’d prefer to work with it over React. I’d used it before to trial it and explore differences, but never actually built something. I used it with XState (state charts) to build a version of Minesweeper which uses the receptionist pattern to orchestrate actors, which was pleasantly unnecessary, and I really loved it. Although I have around 8 years of experience with React, Solid somehow made the process easier in some regards. React — despite being excellent in many ways — has a few sneaky foot guns that I still manage to wander into when trying new tools and patterns. Solid on the other hand was quite friendly. Ironing out anticipated performance issues was mostly an idea and never became necessary. In React I did need to tidy up some redundant renders and fix state synchronization due to out of sync effects. I’m currently job searching and totally wouldn’t hesitate to work with a team that uses Solid. But, React is good too. At the end of the day I just love making things people enjoy using.

theironhammer 3y ago

SolidJS? It uses Signals in its Reactivity system and there's no virtual DOM. It has some syntax similarities to React making it easier to transition. It uses JSX and is quite performant.

steve_adams_86 3y ago
I love Solid. In the last month or so I went from curious to fairly certain I’d prefer to work with it over React. I’d used it before to trial it and explore differences, but never actually built something. I used it with XState (state charts) to build a version of Minesweeper which uses the receptionist pattern to orchestrate actors, which was pleasantly unnecessary, and I really loved it. Although I have around 8 years of experience with React, Solid somehow made the process easier in some regards. React — despite being excellent in many ways — has a few sneaky foot guns that I still manage to wander into when trying new tools and patterns. Solid on the other hand was quite friendly. Ironing out anticipated performance issues was mostly an idea and never became necessary. In React I did need to tidy up some redundant renders and fix state synchronization due to out of sync effects. I’m currently job searching and totally wouldn’t hesitate to work with a team that uses Solid. But, React is good too. At the end of the day I just love making things people enjoy using.