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Re: Ask HN: Best (physical) book to learn React?

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Post by jstx1 » Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 9:38 AM UTC

zapstar wrote: post #13

s0rr0wskill wrote: post #11

Physical is probably not that good for learning a framework

I work all day at a computer. I enjoy spending time away from the screen — I find it easier to absorb new information and harder to be distracted.

So you're reading about the framework without writing any code? I would follow along, write and test code samples, run small experiments with new features you come across etc. Leave the reading-time-away-from-screen for fiction and for nontechnical nonfiction.

Re: Ask HN: Best (physical) book to learn React?

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Post by thiht » Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 1:54 PM UTC

LAC-Tech wrote: post #3

Alternatively, why should I not be considering React? Is everybody using something else these days? Looking to build a front-end to interact with some REST APIs. React is a decent choice for that. Go ahead and learn it. If you want to do frontend in 99% of shops - React by itself is not enough. People will tell you it's "just a library" - and that's technically true. But in the wild you'll be dealing with something I…

> create-react-app (Which is a nightmare of needless complexity under a thin and very slow veneer of convenience).

No it’s not. create-react-app barely does anything except bootstrapping a project with sane defaults. It could improve on devDependencies but they don’t depend on a lot more that what you’d need to setup yourself anyway.

Re: Ask HN: Best (physical) book to learn React?

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Post by kirso » Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 6:12 AM UTC

ja27 wrote: post #9

freeCodeCamp has a new course: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/free-react-course-2022/ (All the books I learned from are out of date)

Its actually from Scrimba which doesn't from some reason get as much attention. FCF just reposted the course under their brand as they have a partnerships. Not nitpicking, just think Scrimba is awesome and more people should know about it.

Re: Ask HN: Best (physical) book to learn React?

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Post by kirso » Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 6:13 AM UTC

LAC-Tech wrote: post #3

Alternatively, why should I not be considering React? Is everybody using something else these days? Looking to build a front-end to interact with some REST APIs. React is a decent choice for that. Go ahead and learn it. If you want to do frontend in 99% of shops - React by itself is not enough. People will tell you it's "just a library" - and that's technically true. But in the wild you'll be dealing with something I…

Also as a beginner, React is insanely confusing...