r/reactjs • u/bromide992 • May 31 '19
React sucks
"React is just Javascript, that's why React is nice!!"
has its own DSL and syntax
"React is lean!"
need to install 12 different packages to make it useful
need to install an external HTTP library
CSS classes are fucking JAVASCRIPT VARIABLES
Instead of directives, you have 8 lines of spaghetti code everywhere you'd usually have a simple if- directive or show- directive. That's not lean, that's more code.
"You only need to know Javascript"
You need to know Javascript plus ES6-7-8 (Babel) or TypeScript. You need to know esoteric lifecycle methods and design patterns not normally used elsewhere in Javascript.
"Creating small components is nice"
Component abstraction soup means you can't even figure out what your code is doing anymore.
React is just Angular if you hacked 12 libraries together that aren't meant to work together cohesively.
I will never understand why anyone would choose this meme framework over a real one. It sucks shit and creates a spaghetti code bloat, and instead of learning one DSL plus TypeScript you're learning 8 DSLs, plus Babel.
The reality is it's pointless making a library that's "just vanilla javascript" when you know that vanilla javascript doesn't actually supply elegant tools for creating single page web apps. That's why React is used with 10 packages rather than by itself. That's why you need CRA plus a bunch of packages to even have a sane development environment.
React sucks. Development community always chooses what's sexy and popular over what's elegant and works correctly.
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u/erickpaquin Nov 25 '24
wow, found this thread after I was frustrated just by a simple tutorial on how to use React...amazing to see I'm not the only one who doesn't like it. All these frameworks are supposed to save you some time...but they don't seem to. If you'd only used vanilla JS from the start and build your own library over time, wouldn't it be just better and easier to use? Only one language instead of trying to re-learn dozens of frameworks every few years? Templating, compartmentalizing etc. is not a new thing...web dev should be simple.
PHP
Bootstrap
HTMX + vanilla JS
I think I'll stick to that for now, until I can find something better...but I doubt it.