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leob

Well, if your goal is just to find a job and the market is screaming "React" then you might not care that much about alternatives, or about spending a lot of time to obtain a deep grasp of the fundamentals. We're not talking about academic purity but about the realities of the market ...

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Maroun Baydoun

That's very true. And I'm blaming the market for that, not the junior developers who are going in this direction.

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Jerome De Leon • Edited

So do you think learning React without going through JavaScript is enough to get the job done? I'm curious. :)

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Maroun Baydoun

It is enough to get the job done for sure, but it's a short-sighted decision for the long term. I believe it can hinder advancement moving forward.

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Jerome De Leon

I believe if you pursue React or any other framework on the web, you're more likely to expose yourself in JS and that's where you need to study that further for more improvement.