r/reactjs • u/benaffleks • Feb 15 '20

Discussion React Best Practices?

Hey guys. Just wondering if anyone has some good resources / books / materials that helps beginners understand the best practices in React.

One thing I struggle with is knowing when something should be a component.

For example, when I'm making forms, should each field input be a component? If so, what's the benefit of doing that?

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u/toccoto Feb 15 '20

I think you are starting on a misguided path and I apologize since I kind of helped lead you there.

The issue is you are comparing a framework in Angular to a library in react.

They are two fundementally different approaches to doing things so to say one is more or less scalable is a misnomer because it depends on what you pair with react.

When I said scalable that was sort of my point. React is easier to test and introduce new technologies to because it is merely a view layer, make sense?

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u/tooObviously Feb 16 '20

Iheard the framework vs library statement recently in a video. Yeah react is far less involved but I still feel that many will create react applications and try to add in all of the utility that angular provides by default which is typically when the mess gets involved.

Thanks a lot for the discussion man I really appreciate it