I learnt functional components first (and then hooks). To be honest, I didn't need to use classes since I started with react, maybe because I didn't had to work with a relatively old react project.
In my case I self-taught react, it was my first JS framework, and I tried to learn using react docs, but encounter a lot of confusion because I didn't know which component style should I use, because functional components were relatively new, but every example was made using class components, but at the same time every react project made since then was made using functional components (or at least every project that I encounter), so I had a bit of confusion.
At the end, I ended up learning using other resources because the official documentation was so confusing at that moment, maybe because the hooks update was relatively new.
Finally, React decided to develop a beta version of the docs, that version will replace the actual one with purely functional components and hooks, and the current one will be moved into a "legacy" version, but not the official one.
It's been 4 years since the update came out, and being a framework created by Meta (Facebook) I don't really understand why they didn't change the docs already.
It's just my own experience! Maybe some people didn't have any issues at all!
I learnt functional components first (and then hooks). To be honest, I didn't need to use classes since I started with react, maybe because I didn't had to work with a relatively old react project.
In my case I self-taught react, it was my first JS framework, and I tried to learn using react docs, but encounter a lot of confusion because I didn't know which component style should I use, because functional components were relatively new, but every example was made using class components, but at the same time every react project made since then was made using functional components (or at least every project that I encounter), so I had a bit of confusion.
At the end, I ended up learning using other resources because the official documentation was so confusing at that moment, maybe because the hooks update was relatively new.
Finally, React decided to develop a beta version of the docs, that version will replace the actual one with purely functional components and hooks, and the current one will be moved into a "legacy" version, but not the official one.
It's been 4 years since the update came out, and being a framework created by Meta (Facebook) I don't really understand why they didn't change the docs already.
It's just my own experience! Maybe some people didn't have any issues at all!
Ok that all makes sense thanks for sharing 👍