I recommend learning JavaScript, not a framework to begin with, and especially not something that smurfs with the DOM paradigm as much as React does. Learning R

I recommend learning JavaScript, not a framework to begin with, and especially not something that smurfs with the DOM paradigm as much as React does. Learning React will make you a React developer, not a Front End developer. Once you have a firm grasp of the DOM and browser quirks and have figured out how to write an efficient {insert simple/intermediate component here}, move on to custom HTML components using LitHTML or Svelte or some such. Once you grok what's going on there, you're ready for any framework you want :)