React is a fairly brilliant layer of API for managing how things change on a page or a part of a page.
If you want to check a box that updates a number, you could do it with JavaScript and the DOM pretty easily, but now your page is in a new "state", and managing that with any complexity is a real nightmare.
React allows you to manage state and render different outcomes based on what the state is. It's a real joy if you get it right.
That being said, there are definitely a lot of instances of people using React, or whatever their favorite view library for everything, introducing build-step complexity and possible performance hits when it's just not worth doing so.
If managing the state of a page is the challenge you're facing, React is a great choice.
Everything Ben said! Also if you are interested in using React for your portfolio take some time and get to know Gatsby.js. I recently rebuilt my website in it and it really is amazing what you can build.
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React is a fairly brilliant layer of API for managing how things change on a page or a part of a page.
If you want to check a box that updates a number, you could do it with JavaScript and the DOM pretty easily, but now your page is in a new "state", and managing that with any complexity is a real nightmare.
React allows you to manage state and render different outcomes based on what the state is. It's a real joy if you get it right.
That being said, there are definitely a lot of instances of people using React, or whatever their favorite view library for everything, introducing build-step complexity and possible performance hits when it's just not worth doing so.
If managing the state of a page is the challenge you're facing, React is a great choice.
I was thinking to revamp my portfolio in React
I built mine in React. Rather in GatsbyJS, which is a static site generator.
This is the repo -> github.com/aravindballa/website2017
Looks Cool
Everything Ben said! Also if you are interested in using React for your portfolio take some time and get to know Gatsby.js. I recently rebuilt my website in it and it really is amazing what you can build.