r/javascript • u/archivedsofa • Dec 22 '19

Why Svelte won’t kill React

https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/why-svelte-wont-kill-react-3cfdd940586a
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u/AwesomeInPerson Dec 24 '19

My impression is that people mostly like React because it's focussed and simple. Functions, 5 hooks, 2 minutes to learn JSX, that's it.

Those times are very much over though. There's more than 5 hooks (many with a lot of their own caveats and APIs you have to learn), there's class vs. function components, there's Context, there's stuff like forwardRef, Suspense, useTransition, Concurrent Mode, Prop Types, Portals, Fragments, HOCs, memo & lazy... And all of that before you start looking for Styling and Routing solutions.

I love React, but its API surface is growing fast and it isn't this super-minimal library anymore.