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"Moderately interactive interfaces" describes most web applications - stuff like gmail, airbnb, facebook, youtube, reddit, etc. Even for things like Mapbox or
by s17n 3y ago
"Moderately interactive interfaces" describes most web applications - stuff like gmail, airbnb, facebook, youtube, reddit, etc. Even for things like Mapbox or Observable that require a high performance core, React is the best choice for building the surrounding chrome.
Whether HTML/CSS/DOM was a good technology to use for building these types of applications is another question but we're stuck with it now either way.
- ducharmdev 3y agoSometimes I wonder how many criticisms of JavaScript frameworks are driven by a nostalgia for an internet that no longer exists. Not this post per se, but many seem to forget why the industry landed on React in the first place.
- timw4mail 3y agoFeaturitis...the drive to add "features" because other sites do.