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With all the hype going around for React, I wouldn't mean getting the opinion of some other fellow front-end peers to see what their 2 cents are with this. I wi
by bluetidepro 12y ago
With all the hype going around for React, I wouldn't mean getting the opinion of some other fellow front-end peers to see what their 2 cents are with this. I will say I honestly haven't looked into React enough to make a good call if this slideshow holds up or not. React does seem to be riding the hype train pretty fast, though.
- wesleytodd 12y agoMy experience with React has been great. And my opinion of the slides is that, yes, someone can use react in an "interactive" style. But the one example is just that, an example. I have found that it is really simple to adopt a strictly reactive method. To give some background, I started with virtual-dom when we were transitioning away from angular. I built a bunch of "proof of concepts" with it, and tried to build out a micro-framework around it for our company. Then we had a quick meeting where we presented quickly on react, mithril and my homebrew. The guy who did the react example had done it in like 20 minutes, and it was WAY more elegant. So my point here is that, yes, virtual-dom is a great project, but it just doesn't have the "full package" like react. So we chose react and haven't looked back.
- mbrock 12y agoI haven't formulated exactly why, but I think all this talk about "hype" is somewhat toxic, and if not toxic, then excruciatingly boring. Who cares? What do we gain by talking in such terms? As soon as a new thing arrives that people seem to enjoy using, is it a "hype train"? No—it's just people making decisions! That whole popularity contest discourse makes me enjoy Hacker News less, because I feel like my opinions will be interpreted in terms of imaginary hype.