A take I increasingly agree with: learning React first is not always the best path. React is great for entering modern frontend development, but it also hides too much too early. When beginners jump straight into a framework, they often miss the fundamentals behind the web: JavaScript, the DOM, events, rendering, and browser APIs. And later, those gaps slow down their growth as developers. A stronger path, in my opinion, looks like this: first learn JavaScript fundamentals — arrays, objects, functions, async/await, closures, this, prototypes; then understand the DOM, events, fetch, and browser APIs; and only after that move to React. At that point, React stops feeling like magic and starts feeling like a tool you actually understand. My takeaway is simple: React is not a bad first technology. But a JavaScript-first approach usually builds a much stronger foundation. #JavaScript #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering
Totally agree. Lets wash clothes by hands first so we witness the value of the Washing machine. Jk jk just being funny 😂 I agree 100% understanding what React is built on is key in understanding how it works properly 🙏 well said 😁
True. Once you understand JavaScript and the DOM, React starts making much more sense.
And then you use only react in your everyday routine and forget all the fundamentals completely until you need to pass an interview :)