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Discussion on: React... Why so complicated...?

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Dawid Kimana • Edited

I think react became very popular because of 2 things: the concepts it introduced, and there were no better alternatives at the time (before vue and angular 2+). I write react, and it is needlessly complicated. The pro is that you'll become a better js developer, the con is weeping and gnashing of teeth.. Wrote a small app using svelte and what a breath of fresh air! I think the svelte way of doing things is the future