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Don't React

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Re: Don't React

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Post by deweller »

toddmatthews wrote: post #22
DigitalSea wrote: post #20

To me it doesn't matter what React likes to think it is, to me as a front-end developer all that matters is the tool that I choose can do the job. React is just another tool, in a way it is like jQuery: it doesn't do everything and it shouldn't be used for things that need something else more full figured or suited for the task at hand. I think Facebook do a great job explaining what React is and as far as I am aware…

typo: Facebook ARE dogfooding

I prefer Facebook IS dogfooding. See http://www.economist.com/style-guide/singular-or-plural

Re: Don't React

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Post by dominotw »

Termina1 wrote: post #23

I think that author is completely right about the part, that React has the only one reactive part — its render function. But I don't see why it makes React bad. I think it is great, fast and easy to use. By the way, virtual-dom is a little bit early to use for production application. For example, if you have some elements in your vdom, that are changing after you render it (i.e. like buttons, embeded posts, etc.), vi…

>For example, if you have some elements in your vdom, that are changing after you render it (i.e. like buttons, embeded posts, etc.), virtual-dom will be totally confused and unpredictable.

I can't think of a reason that someone would use react and still bypass it do their own dom modifications.

Re: Don't React

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Post by vinceyuan »

impostervt wrote: post #3

For anyone else who, like me, didn't realize it - there's a little triangle on the bottom right to let you go through the presentation.

After I refreshed it several times, I had to go back to this post and read comments. Luckily found this. Thank you!

Re: Don't React

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Post by gcz92 »

Also, lets not forget React Native. NO other framework can prove that compatibility with mobile. A React programmer can now cover both web and mobile development with relative ease. I'm not saying that React Native or React is perfect, but I would argue it is the best option for any company with limited developer resources.

Re: Don't React

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Post by ctdonath »

ryannevius wrote: post #9

TL;DR: React sucks. React isn't "reactive". Oh, and check out this reactive framework he has been working on: https://github.com/staltz/cycle

Context, please? just a little? Figuring the top comment on HN might be relevant, I checked the comments (learned to do that before following main link), then started the presentation, it did nothing, came back, found a comment mentioning the near-hidden navigation, went back, read a dozen pages and still don't know what he's talking about.

Re: Don't React

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Post by neovive »

Coming from a jQuery background, I'm intrigued by ReactJS (especially JSX and components). However, I've also been reading up on Meteor and find it very impressive (if you're willing to consider an end-to-end framework). I didn't notice any mention of Meteor as an example of a true reactive framework in his presentation.

Re: Don't React

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Post by Termina1 »

dominotw wrote: post #33
Termina1 wrote: post #23

I think that author is completely right about the part, that React has the only one reactive part — its render function. But I don't see why it makes React bad. I think it is great, fast and easy to use. By the way, virtual-dom is a little bit early to use for production application. For example, if you have some elements in your vdom, that are changing after you render it (i.e. like buttons, embeded posts, etc.), vi…

>For example, if you have some elements in your vdom, that are changing after you render it (i.e. like buttons, embeded posts, etc.), virtual-dom will be totally confused and unpredictable. I can't think of a reason that someone would use react and still bypass it do their own dom modifications.

Sometimes you have no choice, in case of embeddable objects

Re: Don't React

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Post by empthought »

gcz92 wrote: post #36

Also, lets not forget React Native. NO other framework can prove that compatibility with mobile. A React programmer can now cover both web and mobile development with relative ease. I'm not saying that React Native or React is perfect, but I would argue it is the best option for any company with limited developer resources.

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