alt Hacker NewsManaging state and syncing it to the DOM manually is much harder than React (or any other big framework) for any non-trivial web app. Reactive, inherently asynchronous, event driven applications get complex easily.
Managing state and syncing it to the DOM manually is much harder than React (or any other big framework) for any non-trivial web app. Reactive, inherently asynchronous, event driven applications get complex easily.
Right. I encourage young devs to build a complex app using vanilla js. Feel the pain of two way state management. Then you’ll gain an appreciation for react. And you’ll learn browser APIs and know when react is overkill because it has its own pain