The issue is a bit deeper than this. A couple of years ago, somebody tweeted something along the lines of "did you know you can POST an html form without using

The issue is a bit deeper than this. A couple of years ago, somebody tweeted something along the lines of "did you know you can POST an html form without using javascript?". The replies were incredible, because they revealed how many folks could write a full blown React app to post a form, but didn't know how to do it with just <form>. I agree: it's terrible that kids would go straight to React without trying plain html + js first, but they do this because they often don't know any other way of doing it.