Thought React was overhyped for months, finally built something with it last week

I spent like 6 months avoiding React because everyone kept saying it was the only way to code. My buddy in Chicago kept pushing me to try it but I figured plain JS was fine. Last Tuesday I finally built a small to-do app with it and honestly? It makes way more sense than I thought. The component setup saved me like 3 hours of rewriting code I normally do. Anyone else hold out on a tool too long then get proven wrong?

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kim_martin12h ago

Honestly though @keithbennett I get where that dev is coming from because React can feel like extra code for simple stuff. But for bigger projects with lots of moving parts the component splitting is where it saves you. I was that guy too who thought it was overkill until I actually had to build something that wasn't a static page and then it clicked.

keithbennett14h ago

Heard some dev say React is just jQuery with extra steps, but your story makes me doubt that.