Not a critic to the article itself, in fact I know nothing about React and learned a lot from the it, but...do we REALLY need all of this to render web pages? Even if it is a web application and not just a page, doesn't this ecosystem seem too complicated for the problem it solves?
ya'know, everytime there's a post with <i>react</i> in the title, I open it with the best positive attitude I can muster, holding back my knee jerk reaction.<p>I then read it, and come out thinking "why, why, why do people put up with this absurdity?" and always stop at the same conclusion, cz they don't know any better.<p>I then quietly move on with my life, sometimes leaving such comments as hints to those who might catch on.
Really thorough! Best opening explanation of react render behavior I’ve read to date. One of my goto interview questions for front end devs is “when does react render?”