Learn React.js in a weekend

Post by pigeons » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 12:34 AM UTC

a13n wrote: post #20

leeoniya wrote: post #16

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or, you know, just write the app in pure javascript and still reap the benefits of [2-3x faster than React] virtual dom. though i'm a bit biased [1] ;) [1] https://github.com/leeoniya/domvm [2] http://mithril.js.org/

Meh since when is computational performance really a bottleneck? Do you find your site is loading seconds too slowly because JS is executing? I sure don't. On today's machines the much larger bottleneck is how fast and easily you can iterate on product at scale which is a problem that React is a fantastic solution for.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 12:38 AM UTC

a13n wrote: post #20

leeoniya wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or, you know, just write the app in pure javascript and still reap the benefits of [2-3x faster than React] virtual dom. though i'm a bit biased [1] ;) [1] https://github.com/leeoniya/domvm [2] http://mithril.js.org/

Meh since when is computational performance really a bottleneck? Do you find your site is loading seconds too slowly because JS is executing? I sure don't. On today's machines the much larger bottleneck is how fast and easily you can iterate on product at scale which is a problem that React is a fantastic solution for.

Post by pigeons » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 12:57 AM UTC

a13n wrote: post #24

pigeons wrote: post #21

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Actually I do find javascript making many sites that are ultimately just displaying text, so slow as to be unusable.

How do you know it's the JS executing and not network time or the result of a poor infra decision?

Post by falsestprophet » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 1:17 AM UTC

a13n wrote: post #19

I don't recommend learning Redux the first weekend you learn React. This would be akin to learning about Relativity the first weekend you learn Mechanics. I actually think it's detrimental to suggest beginners learn Redux alongside React because it unnecessarily steepens the learning curve. Not that Redux is too complicated (it actually has a super simple API). Redux is a (fantastic!) tool you should use once your pr…

Post by a13n » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 1:26 AM UTC

falsestprophet wrote: post #27

a13n wrote: post #19

I don't recommend learning Redux the first weekend you learn React. This would be akin to learning about Relativity the first weekend you learn Mechanics. I actually think it's detrimental to suggest beginners learn Redux alongside React because it unnecessarily steepens the learning curve. Not that Redux is too complicated (it actually has a super simple API). Redux is a (fantastic!) tool you should use once your pr…

What stacks would you recommend for starting a React Native application of low complexity (like single man operation) and low-to-moderate complexity (like a several man seed-funded company)?