> The experience of developing a simple website using React is orders of magnitude better than using html and CSS. Isn't this rather circular? It's only this w

> The experience of developing a simple website using React is orders of magnitude better than using html and CSS. Isn't this rather circular? It's only this way if you already know React well enough to be fluent. Learning React and all it's conceptual baggage is a huge jump from understanding html/css/basic js plus the HTTP request/response cycle (all things which you'll need to understand even if you do use React) Honestly - this sounds a little like Stockholm Syndrome. I've spent a long time actively avoiding React and nothing I've read or seen has led me to think that was a poor decision. Quite the opposite - I feel progressively more vindicated with every passing year.